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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I always thought the best solution would be to
have a close-up frame of the model within the full screen set off to one corner
to visually see both up close and the full view with background. The expense of
creating such a work I guess is prohibitive financially.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=billglaze@triad.rr.com href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com">Bill
Glaze</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 09, 2004 2:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Judging class design</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Eric:<BR>I admit to "shooting from the hip" on this one, but I
wanted to get in a couple of thoughts.<BR>As it developed, (no pun!) I did a
lot of filming at the Nats. <BR> <BR>1.) Any usable film, showing
an entire sequence, would be a good thing to go through for potential judges,
preferably as soon before the flight to be judged as possible. (even a
week or so would be a help.) It might help alleviate that problem where
the first flier is the judges learning curve, and, sometimes, may get an
unfair score. (Either higher or lower than deserved.) Just seeing the
maneuvers, in sequence, would be a help particularly after a winter
layoff. The figures certainly need not be perfect, just well
recognizable.<BR><BR>2.) My tapes showed me that perfection is certainly
not necessary on the part of the photographer--believe me! I had no
difficulty following the person's flying, and, knowing the next figure was a
great help in anticipating where the airplane was to be "pointed." In
fact, after showing a top-notch pilot a maneuver he thought he had zeroed, he
could plainly see that the figure was, in fact, rather good.<BR><BR>3.)
Because the main problem was shakiness on my part, (try holding a camera
steady for 15 minutes at 32 power magnification, you'll see what I mean) next
time I will try a good-quality pan-head tripod. I did try sitting down
in a lawn chair, which helped, but it still did nothing to brace my
elbows. Photographer fatigue IS a problem.<BR><BR>4.) With respect to
the magnification, the lower powers will show the airplane and any clouds (or
possibly some background) which makes it easier to check for geometry, but
won't show errors such as wings not level, etc. A good compromise seems to be
about 10-15 power; not always the case, but frequently so.<BR><BR>Just a few
rapid-fire thoughts.<BR><BR>Bill Glaze<BR><BR><BR>Henderson,Eric wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
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class=488174615-09012004>One thing that I have always wished we could do,
with judges training, is run through each schedule with the specifics for
each maneuver. The thinking being that it is OK to learn all the possible
down grades, but it is easier to remember a set of down grades for a
schedule. There are the usual generic downgrades like angles and
centering etc. But each maneuver has a list that is probably worth going
through. There are classics like which way the pull or the push is on a
Humpty, </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>or which way up the cross line is in a
reverse top hat. Breeding familiarity with the 2004 schedules might be
beneficial.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>
As regards tools to help do the job. I think that a video of each schedule,
not necessarily flown perfectly, would be more fun to go though than just
the basic rules tape. I have tried to make them and was not happy with the
results. Recent feedback showed me that I was shooting for perfection. A
perfect rendition of a schedule is not really possible. Especially
when the camera often makes a bad maneuver look right and vice versa. I
am beginning to think that we should give the observer more credit and trust
them to allow for camera bouncing and angular distortion due to non parallel
backplanes etc.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>
Most of us fall into three learning groups. We hear, we see or we try it.
More "eyes-on" experience could improve our judging and make us feel
better about the "guy" behind us at a contest.
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>
Some things that became clear during two filming sessions were. You
need a very steady and patient camera person. You need to fly the maneuvers
much, much closer. That means that you need to accept that you can't draw
good separation lines. Smaller planes flown close in reduced the camera
waving/shake/wobble</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>
If you try and segment maneuvers such as stall turns and snaps you
need to keep the camera on track and not follow the displacement
of the plane. (Also set auto focus off and select infinity). Spins
have to be dome very low and or the camera needs to be on top of the
"clubhouse". You just can't get the plane to look level. Often we could only
do one spin we were so low trying to get a good
result.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=488174615-09012004>I would appreciate
any feedback from anyone who is giving this a
shot.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004><BR>Eric</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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