<div style="CLEAR: both">Ok, good discussion point. The first part of that rule says:<br>
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<div align=left>"A Snap roll is a simultaneous, rapid</div>
<div align=left>autorotation in the pitch, yaw and roll axes of</div>
<div align=left>flight in a stalled wing attitude."<br>
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Note the word "simultaneous". <br>
<br>
The next part of the rule states:<br>
"<B><FONT size=2>
<div align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">1</FONT></B></FONT><FONT face=TimesNewRomanPSMT size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">. Since the maneuver is defined as a</FONT></div>
<div align=left>stalled maneuver, initiated by a stall of</div>
<div align=left>the wing induced by a rapid change in</div>
<div align=left>pitch attitude, the nose of the fuselage</div>
<div align=left>must show a definite break in pitch</div>
<div align=left>attitude from the flight path in the</div>
<div align=left>direction of the snap (positive or</div>
<div align=left>negative) while the track closely</div>
<div align=left>maintains the flight path. The lack of a</div>
<div align=left>discernable pitch break is downgraded</div>
<div align=left>by 5 points." <br>
<br>
Note that it does NOT state that the definite pitch break has to happen FIRST. It just says that a definite pitch break has to happen, and going by the first part of the definition, departure in all three axis can happen simultaneously. I think that a lot of judges are thinking that the pitch break in AMA snaps has to happen first, but the rule doesn't say that.</div>
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Jon Lowe</div>
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Starting on page 20 (downgrades start on page 18). Since we aren't all going to
judge FAI at the Nats, we should probably know both
FAI and AMA rules.
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