<DIV>Hey Guys. I have only flown Turnaround, and never flew the beginning level. I have a question, but this is not antagonistic, really am curious about opinions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Other than the box being much bigger(and this may be the key to the answer), IMAC flies with turnaround in Basic. I see results to IMAC contests with up to 15-20 Basic pilots. MY question would be, if turnaround is so difficult to learn, why is Basic in IMAC flourishing(at some contests, especially this past year, in my region, Tx?)</DIV>
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<DIV>Again, not arguing, just curious on opinions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanx</DIV>
<DIV>ed<BR><BR><B><I>Verne Koester <verne@twmi.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Eric,<BR>The main maneuvers in 401 & 402 were purposely left the same. The main <BR>lesson in 402 is turnaround which is more than plenty for most. The pilot <BR>gets to bring everything learned in Sportsman with him. In fact, while <BR>competing in 401, one could be practicing for 402 without changing much. <BR>That's the beauty of the design. For me, and many pilots I've discussed this <BR>with agree, the hardest things learned flying pattern with number one being <BR>the hardest are as follows:<BR><BR>1. Flying turnaround<BR><BR>2. Slow Roll<BR><BR>3. 4 Point Roll<BR><BR>4. Any Roll that changes direction such as Reverse Knife Edge<BR><BR>Of those I've talked to, some had a harder time learning the 4 point and <BR>some the slow roll so 2 & 3 are interchangeable. However, the transition to <BR>turnaround is undoubtedly the toughest of all which is why everything else
<BR>going from Sportsman to Intermediate was left the same.<BR><BR>Verne<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Grow Pattern" <PATTERN4U@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: <DISCUSSION@NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:36 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Schedule design - Your homework assignment should you chose to <BR>accept it.<BR><BR><BR>> Thank you Verne,<BR>><BR>> Ref. Eric, "Here yaw go. I doubt something this radical would ever be <BR>> accepted, but at<BR>> least it will serve to underline some of the concepts I was discussing and<BR>> defending recently on the List"<BR>><BR>> Verne,<BR>> It's actually not that radical and you get bonus points for <BR>> doing three of them :-)<BR>><BR>> Now, if you feel so inclined the, next part of the task would be to match <BR>> the maneuvers. What we did/do is take each maneuver and trace how trains <BR>> the pilot for the next level up. Then sometimes you tweak the maneuver.<BR>><BR>> For
example, in your work below I would match the double stall turns and <BR>> do the following;<BR>> 401 - Double Stall Turn<BR>> 402 - Double Stall Turn<BR>> 403 - Double Stall Turn w/Half Rolls<BR>> 404 etc.<BR>><BR>> What leaps out at me is the 402 could be tweaked to have 1/4 rolls and <BR>> then you would have a pretty darn good ladder to climb with no rungs <BR>> missing.<BR>><BR>> 401 - Double Stall Turn<BR>> 402 - Double Stall Turn w/Quarter Rolls<BR>> 403 - Double Stall Turn w/Half Rolls<BR>><BR>> What do you think?<BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>><BR>> Eric.<BR>><BR>> P.S. Even though this is an exercise it does allow you to show how <BR>> interested you might be in getting involved in our future.<BR>><BR>><BR>> To access the email archives for this list, go to<BR>> http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/<BR>> To be removed from this list, go to http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm<BR>> and
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