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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here is a description that shows technically correct snap execution, and valid, consistent judging is possible.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Half of the District One guy need not read this, they have already heard it) <G></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At a small airport airshow, one of demos was an in-trail formation of four full scale AT-6 Texans. As each plane got to stage center, it did a single positive snap roll. Spectators saw four snap rolls in a row, about 5 seconds apart.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The flight of four went around, and repeated the maneuver.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some spectators are getting bored - even a pattern guy could get bored with a string of 8 nearly identical maneuvers. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And then, they did it yet again!!</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What's in this for us? The snap maneuver by each AT-6 appeared to take a second or so, from initiation to completion.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By the time the fourth plane did a snap, you could start seeing....</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- there is a nose pitch up, </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- then a yaw, </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- then plane rolled in direction of yaw,</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- plane returned to straight and level flight.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By the time the flight came around for another four snaps, you could see more details….</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- there is a nose pitch up, (somewhat sudden, at least sudden for an AT-6)</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- then a large amount of yaw, </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- then rapid roll in direction of yaw, (rolling faster than it could with ailerons) </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- plane returned to fairly close straight and level, nose slightly high.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By the time the flight positioned for yet another four snaps, (Yawn, spectators headed for cotton candy) the four distinct elements of the snap roll maneuver were easy to see, and there was time to evaluate (judge) each element.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. there is a nose pitch up, (somewhat sudden, at least sudden for an AT-6, with little rise in altitude)</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. then large amount of yaw, (the yaw proceeds the upcoming roll)</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. then autorotation at rate faster than it could do an aileron roll)</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4. plane returns to level flight track, with nose lowering to level flight attitude.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We can all be expert Snap Roll Judges! Ahhh, at least for AT-6 snaps.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What I take from all of this-</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The problem is not snap descriptions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s the application of them; observation, discrimination and judging of elements in the split second observation time we have.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is the task beyond reasonable expectations of most of us as a judging community? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I suppose we will continue work started over 10 years ago to improve in these areas.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the meantime, shall we reduce the impact of inconsistent judging of snaps by limiting the downgrade of the snap portion of a maneuver to say….two points2?</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ron Lockhart</SPAN></P>
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