[NSRCA-dist1] Masters sequence for 2018-2019

[JOE LACHOWSKI]

Good thing it changed. There was and still is too much knife edge flight 
in the sequence anyway. Hopefully, I'll get around to flying it a few 
times before the weather gets bad. Unfortunately, I have to fly it with 
my worst flying plane, the BiSide. The whole thing lacks balance on 
elements anyway you cut it. Way too many 1/4 rolls and knife edges and 
the back to back maneuvers with snaps. Definitely, the worst thought 
out Masters sequence in years from that aspect. If I decide to fly 
Masters, I guess I'll have to tolerate it for two seasons.
Joe Lachowski
 
 
 
On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Sal Piu via NSRCA-dist1 wrote:
 
 


I just noticed I made a minor error in my last statement below
       regarding the vote on the golf ball maneuver.  The vote was
       actually a perfect tie vote.  President Joe Walker decided to
       allow the survey results to be the tie-breaker.  The golf ball
       maneuver was the survey's most contentious maneuver, indicating
       the knife-edge loop should be simplified to a normal wings-level
       loop (with 1/2 rolls instead of 1/4-type rolls). So, that's how 
we
       selected the final version of the golf ball maneuver.



Sal





On 10/12/2017 10:10 PM, Sal Piu via
       NSRCA-dist1 wrote:




       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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