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    Dave,<br>
    <br>
    Every time you move to a new class including sportsman there are
    potential airplane killers lurking. Long ago and far away, I
    remember losing two airplanes learning to do three consecutive rolls
    centered.&nbsp; If combined roll/loop maneuvers were introduced to
    Masters, the Masters pilots would quickly sort out how to execute
    them.&nbsp; My only point in addressing the lack of these maneuvers in
    Masters is the fact that it is the final AMA destination class and
    as such should deliver equivalent difficulty to F3A. Otherwise it is
    a feeder class without Advancement requirements.<br>
    <br>
    In other countries where advancement to the next class has to be
    earned (by scoring average and the national organization keeps
    track), getting an advancement notice is cause for celebration and
    usually involves lots of beer. In Australia everyone aspires to gain
    admittance into the top level (which flies the F3A schedules and
    from which their World team is selected).&nbsp; The flip side is that if
    you start flying poorly or not at all, you find yourself moving back
    a class or two.<br>
    <br>
    Such a system has a lot of merit. Keep flying well against your
    peers, you move up. Fly poorly, you move down. The beer sounds good
    too. Celebrate on the way up, commiserate on the way down, drinks
    all around in either case.<br>
    <br>
    John<br>
    <br>
    On 9/22/2010 6:28 PM, Dave wrote:
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">John,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">First, without picking a side
                    on this
                    particular debate, I&#8217;d offer the following comments
                    / perspectives &#8211;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">- Historically, surveys and
                    polls have
                    answered that integrated looping/rolling maneuvers
                    should not be included in
                    the Masters pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">- an &#8220;airplane killer&#8221; looks a
                    lot differently to a skilled Masters pilot compared
                    to a middle of the pack
                    advanced pilot moving into Masters, and this concern
                    has historically been
                    expressed, and is a hot button for a substantial
                    number.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">Second, my opinions -<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">I fly FAI because I want to&#8230;I
                    want
                    the more challenging schedules and higher level of
                    competition.&nbsp; Arguably,
                    the FAI P schedule is not more difficult in some
                    years, and I could easily
                    argue it does not contain state of the art
                    maneuvers, but flying FAI is still
                    more difficult if for no other reason than a pilots
                    time must be split between
                    flying P, F, and unknowns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">Masters has a wide range of
                    pilot
                    abilities, and is &#8220;home&#8221; for many for different
                    reasons. &nbsp;As
                    such, it will always be a compromise class, unlike
                    FAI F3A which is focused on
                    picking the best F3A Team in the world and the best
                    individual pilot in the
                    world.&nbsp; So long as the majority of Masters do not
                    want state of the art
                    maneuvers, Masters should not have state of the art
                    maneuvers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">I do believe it might be a
                    little easier
                    to establish and maintain the difficulty level of
                    each class and the steps
                    between the classes IF a system were established
                    that required a pilot advance
                    to the next higher class based on achieving a given
                    proficiency, and also
                    demoted a pilot who did not achieve a minimum
                    standard.&nbsp; Several countries
                    use this approach, and from what I have seen, it
                    appears to work as well or
                    better than the point system used in the <st1:country-region
                      w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>.&nbsp;
                    Mandatory advancement to
                    F3A is a separate, but related topic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
                  size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                    Arial; color: navy;">Dave Lockhart<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    Arial; color: navy;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net">DaveL322@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>John
                      Gayer<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                      Wednesday, September 22,
                      2010 6:40 PM<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
                      <st1:personname w:st="on">General pattern
                        discussion</st1:personname>; Mark Hunt<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                      Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
                      Proposed NSRCA sequences for 2011 and beyond</span></font><font
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New
                  Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Derek,<br>
                    <br>
                    I thought we already selected a pattern through the
                    survey. Is the survey now
                    meaningless because it chose the wrong length
                    pattern?<br>
                    <br>
                    I'm not quite sure I understand the logic behind
                    raising the complexity of the
                    short pattern at this late date, either.&nbsp; The
                    sequence committee has
                    worked on these patterns for two years or so and now
                    it appears that because of
                    a few comments at the Nats or whatever that all that
                    work and the surveys are
                    to be thrown out or at least revisited.<br>
                    I offered comments on the patterns 6 months ago and
                    and said at that time that
                    the Masters pattern was too easy in some areas.
                    Didn't see anyone jumping to
                    and making changes then. <br>
                    Comments about airplane killer maneuvers are also
                    uncalled for. Any Masters
                    pilot should be able to perform integrated roll/loop
                    maneuvers without
                    endangering the airplane. Making them good enough to
                    score 8s and 9s, well
                    that's a different matter.&nbsp; If you are making
                    changes to the Masters
                    pattern and keeping its role as a destination class,
                    I firmly believe it should
                    contain <u>state of the art</u> pattern maneuvers.<br>
                    <br>
                    John Gayer<br>
                    District 6 Advanced pilot<br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    On 9/22/2010 4:10 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New
                    Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You
                      are correct in that everyone is impacted on a
                      short vs long schedule - my apologies for the
                      definition of who is impacted.
                      &nbsp;Regardless, please voice your opinion to your
                      District VP.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times
                      New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On
                        Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Dave Burton &lt;<a
                          href="mailto:burtona@atmc.net"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">burtona@atmc.net</a>&gt;
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">Derek,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">I really object to your
                            definition of who has &#8220;Skin in the
                            game&#8221; - &nbsp;<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">We
                                all do if we pay our
                                dues and attend contest</span></b>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">The &#8220;skin&#8221; is the impact
                            of a long vs. short sequence
                            for every Masters flyer, Flyer who will be
                            flying Masters in the next two
                            years, every flyer/non flyer who judges at a
                            contest, and every other flyer in
                            all the other class who have to wait until
                            the typically large Masters class
                            finishes whatever sequence they fly.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">So, whether I fly Masters
                            in the next two years or not, I intend
                            to let my opinion be known to my district VP
                            and I expect him to give my view
                            the same weight of any other opinion from
                            &#8220;Masters&#8221; flyers or
                            others. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is an issue that
                            should not be decided by only
                            &#8220;Masters&#8221; flyers.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                          color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"
                          size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
                            rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dave Burton</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On
                                  Behalf Of </span></b>Derek Koopowitz<br>
                              <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                              Wednesday, September 22,
                              2010 5:31 PM<br>
                              <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
                              <st1:personname w:st="on">General pattern
                                discussion</st1:personname></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                                [NSRCA-discussion]
                                Proposed NSRCA sequences for 2011 and
                                beyond<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="black"
                          face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                            style="font-size: 12pt;">Over
                            10 months ago the NSRCA Sequence Committee
                            completed its work on the new
                            sequences. &nbsp;These were posted on the NSRCA
                            website for review and comment
                            - see below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a
href="http://nsrca.us/proposedsequences/2011sequences.html"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">http://nsrca.us/proposedsequences/2011sequences.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
                                color="black" face="Times New Roman"
                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Included
in
                                  all this material was a draft document
                                  that outlined the process on how
                                  sequences are developed, tested and
                                  approved and the makeup/content of the
                                  sequences based on the class it is
                                  meant to serve. &nbsp;This document is
                                  titled
                                  "NSRCA Procedures, Standards and
                                  Guidelines for AMA R/C Precision
                                  Aerobatics Sequence Development". &nbsp;A
                                  mouthful, but it does outline a
                                  lot of information. &nbsp;It details the
                                  charter for the Sequence Committee,
                                  sequence development standards and
                                  guidelines for all classes, catalog of
                                  maneuvers for all classes and the
                                  process that the NSRCA will follow in
                                  designing, testing and approving
                                  changes to sequences, or for proposed
                                  sequences. &nbsp;These sequence development
                                  standards and guidelines have been
                                  in place for about 4 years now and
                                  have been used very successfully to
                                  build
                                  the current set of sequences that
                                  everyone is flying today, in addition
                                  to the
                                  prior Masters sequence (and the new
                                  one as well).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
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                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Overall
we
                                  received positive comments on the
                                  proposed sequences from Sportsman
                                  through
                                  Masters. &nbsp;As you know, there were two
                                  sequences developed for Masters, a
                                  long sequence using the standard 23
                                  maneuver count and a short sequence
                                  using
                                  19 maneuvers. &nbsp;In the time since we
                                  posted the sequences, some informal
                                  surveys were also made on the NSRCA
                                  website as well as on RCU asking for a
                                  preference of either the short or long
                                  Masters schedule. &nbsp;The overwhelming
                                  majority of respondents chose the
                                  short sequence. &nbsp;However, these
                                  surveys
                                  were a little flawed in that we didn't
                                  really know who was voting for them -
                                  were they all judges/pilots who voted
                                  because they didn't want to judge a
                                  long
                                  sequence, or were they really current
                                  and/or future Masters pilots that
                                  really
                                  did want to fly a shorter sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
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                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since
the
                                  release of the proposed schedules, and
                                  some post Nats comments, the
                                  sequence committee has been hard at
                                  work making some tweaks to the short
                                  schedule with a view to increasing the
                                  difficulty level of the short Masters
                                  sequence to bring it into line with
                                  the long Masters sequence and also to
                                  ensure that we weren't lowering the
                                  bar in difficulty by introducing a
                                  shorter
                                  sequence. &nbsp;Bear in mind that the short
                                  sequence is only 19 maneuvers (17
                                  of them flyable) so raising the
                                  difficulty level is a challenge if one
                                  is to
                                  avoid using some existing F3A type
                                  maneuvers, or "airplane killers",
                                  and to only use maneuvers that match
                                  the philosophy that we've embraced for
                                  a
                                  number of years. &nbsp;Since we've never
                                  developed a short Masters sequence, we
                                  need to make sure we get it right and
                                  that it not only provides a challenge
                                  to
                                  those that fly it but that it still
                                  provides a somewhat relatively higher
                                  jump
                                  for those pilots that are moving up
                                  from Advanced. &nbsp;We realize that
                                  creating a perfect schedule is not
                                  going to happen - we won't be able to
                                  please
                                  every pilot that moves up from
                                  Advanced, nor will we be able to
                                  please some
                                  former F3A pilots that think the
                                  schedule is too easy and isn't enough
                                  of a
                                  challenge. &nbsp;There has to be a balance.
                                  &nbsp;The Sequence Committee came
                                  up with some good positive changes and
                                  these are being vetted/tested as I
                                  write
                                  this. &nbsp;They've received extremely
                                  positive feedback from everyone that
                                  has
                                  either flown the newer short sequence
                                  on a simulator or using their pattern
                                  plane at the field. &nbsp;By the end of
                                  this weekend we'll know for sure
                                  whether it is a keeper or not.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
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                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When
we
                                  do post the revised sequence I would
                                  like all of you that have "skin in
                                  this game", meaning you are a current
                                  Masters pilot or will be moving to
                                  Masters in the next year or two, to
                                  please contact your NSRCA District VP
                                  and
                                  let them know what your preference is
                                  - short or long sequence. &nbsp;The
                                  reason they need to know is that the
                                  NSRCA board will vote in the next
                                  couple
                                  of weeks to approve all the proposed
                                  sequences and also to select which
                                  sequence
                                  the Masters class will be flying in
                                  2011/2012.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
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                                size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Sequence
                                  Committee is comprised of Joe
                                  Lachowski, Dave Lockhart, Verne
                                  Koester,
                                  Bill Glaze, Archie Stafford, and
                                  Richard Lewis. &nbsp;They've put in an
                                  extraordinary amount of work on these
                                  sequences and documentation and
                                  deserve
                                  huge kudos from everyone! &nbsp;Thanks guys
                                  - your work is very much
                                  appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font
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also
                                  created a Sequence Committee section
                                  on the NSRCA website which will have
                                  more information soon. &nbsp;It will
                                  contain the updated draft
                                  documentation
                                  and all the proposed sequences in one
                                  location. &nbsp;You can get to the new
                                  section from the main menu - just look
                                  for Sequence Committee - it is near
                                  the
                                  bottom of the menu.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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