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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would Master's look any different if being a
'Stepping Stone' to FAI was just one of several goals instead a driving
force? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not fly Masters, but judge it at most of the
local contests I go to. It seems a big enough jump from advanced, so
I not sure your would want to have the total K-Factor any higher than
it is. I saw some advance pilots move up to Master at the last
contest of last year, and they sure did not need an even harder sequence.
Sure would not think of adding rolling circles, vertical knife-edge loops or
etc. from the FAI world. You would end up with just another FAI
sequence; like USA-05 instead of P05 or F05.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personnally I am not so sure the link between
Master and FAI has been all that tight. The update cycles are different
enough to make it difficult to do it even if you were trying. It seems to
me that we have have already been succeeding at having Master be both a
'designation' class and a 'stepping-stone' to FAI.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sequence Poll Results</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy,</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree 100% that the Masters class CAN be several things at the same
time. I believe the Masters class will always be a stepping stone to the FAI
class. I just don't think that the "stepping-stone" idea should be the main
driving force for what we try to accomplish with the Masters class.</DIV>
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