[NSRCA-dist1] Masters sequence for 2018-2019

[Sal Piu]

D1 folks,

      I usually don’t comment about Board of Director’s (BoD) meetings 
as the official meeting notes are always published: I thought folks 
should know what transpired to end up with the final Masters 2018-2019 
sequence.As everyone knows, there was a very large contention with the 
proposed Masters sequence earlier this year that essentially revolved 
around some maneuvers being deemed excessively challenging by some 
pilots, as well as the overall sequence not adhering to the sequence 
committee guidelines established several years ago.The BoD made 
recommendations to essentially get the proposed sequence back within 
guidelines as well as address the difficulty aspect.The sequence 
committee responded with a counter-proposal. The BoD meeting in October 
2017 discussed the counter-proposal and made decisions based on 
districts’ preferences and survey results.Two particular maneuvers were 
contentious even among the BoD members during that meeting.The golf-ball 
maneuver was decided by a margin of only 1 vote in favor of keeping it 
simple with half rolls (the knife-edge ¾ loop is reduced to a simple 
wings-level loop).The second contentious maneuver was the loop with the 
top 180 half containing either an integrated roll or a 4-point roll.The 
Board originally recommended to change this maneuver to include a 
4-point roll because, in theory, that should be easier to do than an 
integrated roll across the same area. Several folks stated at the board 
meeting that they tried flying both versions of this maneuver multiple 
times: all-that-did discovered the version with the 4-point roll was 
actually more difficult to fly than the integrated roll. Hence, the 
board voted to go with the simpler integrated roll version.I believe the 
final, BoD-endorsed Masters sequence complies with existing sequence 
committee guidelines in generating new sequences.


Sal

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