<div> Mike you or anyone else would hit these everytime they would be going to Argentina in Nov.</div>
<div> Steve Maxwell<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dr. Mike Harrison</b> <<a href="mailto:drmikedds@sbcglobal.net">drmikedds@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hmmmm....maybe I need to move back to advanced.. I cant do any of those<br>things every time...<br>Mike<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Jon Lowe" <<a href="mailto:jonlowe@aol.com">jonlowe@aol.com</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>>
<br>Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:09 AM<br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stirring up the Masters 2009Sequence<br>discussionagain...<br><br><br>> Could I fly it, sure. But have I gotten what I need out of advanced?
<br>> Not in my opinion. Until I can nail a 4 point roll every time, until I<br>> can nail the rolling triangle every time, until I learn how to hand<br>> outside snap in the avalanch, I don't feel I'm ready. I gauged my self
<br>> against the best the Nats had to offer in advanced, and I proved to<br>> myself I'm not ready.<br>><br>> I was one of those who entered my first AMA Sportsman contest at the<br>> end of the season, and won, due to a variety of reasons, but mailnly
<br>> due the District points leader having engine problems. I had to move<br>> up to intermediate, but I still hadn't gotten the basics down. I<br>> struggled the first year, but did better and won the district
<br>> championship the second.<br>><br>> I've got an idea about the points that would make things easier: Leave<br>> the total at 100, but say a competitor can stay in a particular class<br>> at least two years in spite of his points total. That would take care
<br>> of the large district problem, but force a move after two years if the<br>> competitor pointed out.<br>><br>><br>> Jon Lowe<br>><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Dr. Mike Harrison <
<a href="mailto:drmikedds@sbcglobal.net">drmikedds@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>> To: NSRCA Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>> Sent: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 7:26 am
<br>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stirring up the Masters 2009Sequence<br>> discussionagain...<br>><br>><br>><br>> Jon,<br>> Fly Masters after this year. You can do it.<br>><br>> Mike<br>> ----- Original Message -----
<br>> From: "Jon Lowe" <<a href="mailto:jonlowe@aol.com">jonlowe@aol.com</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:42 PM
<br>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stirring up the Masters 2009Sequence<br>> discussionagain...<br>><br>><br>>><br>>> Glen,<br>>> You are spot on. I have competed in Advanced just this season, and
<br>>> have 70 points with several district contests left in 2007. I<br>> finished<br>>> 5th at the Nats, but was never really in contention to finish higher.<br>>> District 3 has a lot of competitors in advanced. I'm a decent but not
<br>>> great pilot in advanced right now, so I've gathered more points than I<br>>> would have in a smaller district. Do I feel at all ready to move to<br>>> Masters? Absolutely not. Therefore, I am going to sit out contests
<br>>> this year so I don't point out. Or I might fly the FAI P07 at a<br>> couple<br>>> of contests just for giggles. The jump right now between Advanced and<br>>> Masters is just too big right now for me, and the current advanced
<br>>> pattern does not properly prepare you for Masters.<br>>><br>>> Jon Lowe<br>>><br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: Glen Watson <<a href="mailto:gwatson11@houston.rr.com">
gwatson11@houston.rr.com</a>><br>>> To: 'NSRCA Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>>> Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:43 am<br>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Stirring up the Masters 2009Sequence
<br>>> discussionagain...<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Is the issue that competitors are forced by the current AMA<br>> regulations<br>>> to<br>>> move up thru the classes via a point system whether a competitor feels
<br>>> ready<br>>> or not?<br>>><br>>> Just mastering a maneuver is not enough. Being able to manage<br>>> positioning<br>>> throughout an entire sequence regardless of weather conditions is a
<br>>> major<br>>> task which becomes more challenging as maneuver complexity and<br>>> difficultly<br>>> increases. A good example is the Figure M. I witnessed many<br>>> competitors<br>>> during the prelims at the NATS not able to sustain proper track and
<br>>> positioning in the cross/quartering winds we experienced. They would<br>>> begin<br>>> at 150-175 meters and finish at 80 meters from being blown in.<br>>> Practice can<br>>> address this however as I read here in previous posts not all have the
<br>>> time<br>>> they wish to practice.<br>>><br>>> The current point system for Intermediate and Advanced is based on a 4<br>>> year<br>>> cumulative total although one could point out in a single year from
<br>>> attending enough well attended contests. A potential issue here in<br>>> District<br>>> 6 for example. Does this make someone ready for the next class?<br>>><br>>> If a pattern enthusiast has limited time to enable them to be
<br>>> comfortable<br>>> flying a particular class why make it mandatory to move up. If the<br>>> point<br>>> system criterion was revised in such a manner to reset each year and<br>>> force
<br>>> only top consistent place finishers to move up that would provide more<br>>> time<br>>> for those with limit time to hone the skills necessary to be<br>> comfortable<br>>> moving on to the next class. In addition I feel this raises the
<br>>> competitive<br>>> bar in Intermediate and Advanced having more experience competitors<br>>> within<br>>> the ranks.<br>>><br>>> Glen<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>
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