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<DIV>Yep, he's got it figured out!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=mailto:idsmail@sbcglobal.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 08, 2007 12:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] FW:
Re:SmallModels...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?</DIV>
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<DIV>Below from John Pavlick</DIV>
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Forwarded Message: -------------- <BR>From: John Pavlick <<A
title=mailto:idsmail@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:idsmail@sbcglobal.net">idsmail@sbcglobal.net</A>> <BR>To: <A
title=mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net
href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net">DaveL322@comcast.net</A> <BR>Cc: <A
title=mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com
href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">d.pappas@kodeos.com</A> <BR>Subject: Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] SmallModels...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?
<BR>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:37:35 +0000 <BR>
<DIV>Dave,</DIV>
<DIV> Since I can't post to the list (I'm at work)...</DIV>
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<DIV>You may recall my Sportsman adventure at Black Dirt a few years ago. I
know Dean does: Flying my Super Kaos Jr - the OS 40 FSR lost compression
because of a bad piston. I flew 4 rounds with that plane (man was that FUN -
it barely had enough power to make the second loop let alone maintain
"constant speed") and still managed to finish in the top 3. One of the
other pilots was flying Don Sczur's old Focus. I bought my first Focus 1
(Ed's old one) that Sunday after the contest was over. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The truth of all this is if you WANT to FLY Pattern you will. No matter
what. Look at Merrill. He pounds a plane, pulls out an Ugly Stik and plods
on. I wish people could just admit that not everyone WANTs to fly Pattern
(or CAN). I've found the guys near me who do: Merrill, Chris Iorio and a few
others. If everyone did the same we'd have a bunch of new guys. I'm the only
one with 2-meter stuff. We don't need to change anything with the current
state of "Pattern" except our concept of reality. Making it possible for
anyone to fly Sportsman with a Nexstar is not going to help anything. Let's
just admit it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>John Pavlick</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>DaveL322@comcast.net</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>Fred,</DIV>
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<DIV>The 10 will happen if I am in the chair. And if any of the
judges training has sunk in at all, the majority of judges will score a 10
(in a perfect world, all would award the 10).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You listed constant speed as a judging criteria - it is NOT.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If you are downgraded by a judge solely on the basis of a change in
airspeed, the judge is WRONG.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Will flying constant airspeed potentially avoid a downgrade from a
poor judge? Maybe.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Will advocating judging criteria that are not in book degrade the
judging system? Definitely.</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Perhaps Bob Richards (a NATs winner in Masters to recall) might
recount the year he had engine troubles at the NATs resulting in very
erratic flight speeds but he still scored well because he flew by the
book. Perhaps another on this list might recount Rick Allison
finishing a flight at the NATs with a lean engine that got progressively
worse and seized up in the last maneuver - and he still earned very
respectable scores.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From a piloting and flight technique perspective, maintaining
constant airspeed is desireable for many reasons. If you are not
familiar with them, ask, you might even find some guys on this list with a
bit of experience that could elaborate.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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