<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>All
good points Eric ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Since
you open up the question of how the course ought be taught, let me add a
bit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>All
the discussion I hear is about "what" to judge: which downgrades, how much, what
is the maneuver supposed to look like, was it a break? etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also
under this heading falls the issue of unconscious biases: we simply say gaurd
against it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
"how" is often neglected. What system do you use to accumulate your downgrades?
How do you communicate this to a scribe?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>How do
you build a system that works, for your nervous system, to avoid unconscious
biases. The rest could be learned with a book or a tape! (Granted not
easily)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=376582618-09012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>p.s.
thanks for the note the other day</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Henderson,Eric
[mailto:Eric.Henderson@gartner.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 09, 2004
11:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Judging class
design<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2> <SPAN 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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=488174615-09012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=488174615-09012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>