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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Flame suit on…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Are we really ready to let our judges loose on an F schedule?
I’m serious here… we have only a few very qualified judges that are
capable of judging these sequences and we’re now going to ask them to
judge an F schedule. I’ve seen way too many F3A pilots fly out of
the box without getting penalized, radii not flown consistently and not being
penalized, roles in lines not positioned properly and not being penalized and
then we’re going to ask these same judges to judge a sequence with 9
snaps, multiple elements in a maneuver and expect the outcome to be fair?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I know I’ve just flipped this around into a judging issue
but that’s where I believe it lies. Several D7 pilots want to go to
the Nats, but as we’ve seen in past years, they have not been treated too
kindly by the Nats judges and that’s because they consistently win or
place well here without flying the sequence the way it should be flown, and
when they get to the Nats they get hammered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Find good and consistent judges for F3A and then I’d say
we have a shot at flying the P and F schedules and having an outcome that is
fair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And to answer your question, Jon… I intend to learn to fly
the F sequence as I think it’ll make me a better pilot. It’ll
take a long time before I even consider myself contest ready with it since I’m
only now starting to fly the P sequence and I’m just concentrating on the
1<sup>st</sup> part of it at this time. Will I be ready to fly F any time
soon – no. If the option is available to fly F during a contest
then I will more than likely take it provided that I have practiced it and am
comfortable with it. That definitely won’t be in March, April or
May I’m afraid… perhaps June onwards. I think 4 rounds of P
and 2 of F would be good with the best 3 of P and the best F to count.
Now, for those pilots that don’t want to fly F – they can fly all 6
rounds of P and count their best 4. I do not think we should exclude
anyone from flying.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon Carter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CA, AZ, HI, NV,UT<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-dist7] FAI: F sequence at local contests<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:
D7 FAI pilots and those D7 pilots who are
considering flying FAI at a D7 2010 contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:
Jon Carter NSRCA D7 VP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
am soliciting input from all D7 FAI pilots on the question of whether to
attempt to fly some F rounds at local contests. This is currently being
discussed on RCU (I have attached a link to the discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_9548995/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm">http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_9548995/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
personally think that there are good points made on each “side” of
the discussion. I would like to get some feedback from all of you (D7 FAI
pilots) as to your preference. I know that not all of you read this list either
but I think that I have e-mail addresses for most of the current FAI pilots and
I know who you are! So, if I do not hear from some of you I will be sending out
some personal e-mails.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Let
me state my initial assumptions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1)
We do this to have
fun! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2)
At a local contest it is the CD’s discretion as to how he runs the show.
The important thing is that any deviations from the “standard”
format be announced well in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3)
A set of D7 guidelines to assist a CD with this decision and a mechanism to
handle it would be a “good” thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4)
It should never be mandatory to fly the F sequence at a local contest. (This is
strongly implied in the FAI rulebook)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks
guys, I look forward to hearing from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon
Carter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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