[NSRCA-dist1] New Sequence for 2018-2019

[Sal Piu]

The proposed  / Board-approved sequences are now on the NSRCA web site, 
under sequences, then select "Proposed Sequence" from the left menu 
area, then scroll down a little for a second left-menu area for the 
section entitled "Proposed Sequences Menu" and select Intermediate, 
Advanced, and Masters separately for that sequence.

Sal

On 10/15/2017 7:07 PM, JOE LACHOWSKI wrote:
> 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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