[NSRCA-dist1] Greetings

[John Pavlick]

For what it's worth: Anthony coached me through practice  last weekend. I
started with the current 403 sequence and then I flew the proposed 403
sequence a few times. I think I flew 4 or 5 flights - flying the sequence
twice per flight with an OS160-powered  BM V2.2. It actually wasn't too bad
but then again it wasn't very windy. I can see where if it WAS windy and
there was another airplane in the air (i.e. at a real contest) it could
become a bit of a challenge. It would be nice if there were more line
correction maneuvers with a pilot's choice of rolls (i.e. Humpties and Top
Hats with "options"). The hourglass can be a TALL maneuver. If we're
concerned at all about the FAA.

 

Other than that it actually flew better than it looked on paper. With some
more practice I don't think it will present any problems for me next year.

 

I think what sometimes happens with new sequences is that we try to
"prepare" the pilot for the next class more than we should. It's REALLY up
to the pilot to do that. There's no law that says that if you compete in 403
you can only practice 403 maneuvers at the field. I was on the sequence
committee for the 402 sequence right after I won the district championship
(in 2006) and started flying 403. I resisted the urge to make the "new" 402
sequence any more difficult than the current one and I think we did that.

 

John Pavlick

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From: NSRCA-dist1 [mailto:nsrca-dist1-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of
Anthony Romano via NSRCA-dist1
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:01 AM
To: district one
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist1] Greetings

 

 

Hi Dana,

 

Thank you so much for the effort you have made to this committee. It would
be great if more made as much of an effort to improve our part of the hobby.

I have already shared my comments after flying the sequences and would
encourage other to do the same. 

 

Anthony

 

> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:07:40 -0400
> To: nsrca-dist1 at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: [NSRCA-dist1] Greetings
> From: nsrca-dist1 at lists.nsrca.org
> 
> Greetings to fellow D1 members. This is my first post to this list and I
would like to get an idea of who/how many in D1 follow this list. Please
post a reply if you like.
> 
> I would also like to ask you for flight reports and feedback on the new
sequence proposals for 2015, if you have not already done so. We have just a
few weeks really to fly these and get word back into the Sequence Committed
before the BoD takes a vote at the October meeting. The 401 & 402 proposals
were well received by many and likely to stand unchanged. There has been a
lot of feedback and about the proposed 403 & 404 schedules and so this is
where we may want to put in some more flights and get some more reports into
Committee, as a District. Thanks in advance for having a look and letting me
know.
> 
> Best wishes, your D1 Sequence Committee member,
> Dana Beaton
> 
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