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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=770252505-03032005>Right
on. I think Tom Hanks said: "The 'hard' is what makes it good". For the record,
at my first contest / pattern primer last year, I was actually told to "stretch
out" my maneuvers. "The box is way bigger than that" I was told. Wow, that made
life easier. I did a lot better in my second contest, even while flying 70's
style (ballistic) without a megabuck 2-meter airplane. I got everything done "in
the box" without it being rushed like at the first contest (you guys should have
seen the Immelman / roll / split "S" sequence - it looked like 2 rolls stretched
out slightly). If I can do it, anyone can. It only took 4 gallons of fuel to fix
the problem I had with "the box"... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=770252505-03032005>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>John Pavlick<BR><A href="http://www.idseng.com"
target=_blank>http://www.idseng.com</A></FONT></FONT></P>
<P> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>rick
wallace<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:06 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Pattern Box Rules
(discussion)<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial id=role_document size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Matt –
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ya nailed this one!
Great! </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Let’s go burn fuel
and quit inventing things to try and fix! </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If it was easy, it
wouldn’t be fun! </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Rick
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>Rcmaster199@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:43
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Re: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In
Pattern:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">There's
nothing wrong with the +/-60 degree stage rule and the 150 meter out distance
is fine also. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">There's
nothing wrong with the 5 kilo max rule. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">There
is nothing wrong with the 2x2 meter max rule</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">There's
nothing wrong with the unlimited engine power rule</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">What's
the next complaint du jur that ""needs fixing"""? The 42 volt nominal voltage
when an electric is involved? Or possibly argue that real radio
programmability with rate functions is desirable? Or autopilots and gyros? Or
maybe putting an upper limit on prop size because a X" prop on an engine is
dangerous? </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT color=black face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Interestingly, one
could argue that pattern has some similarity to golf in that it's an
individual's sport. Many may play golf but a small
percentage is good at it and extremely few are pros. C'mon fellas,
pattern should be challenging to do well. Actually, more accurately, pattern
is just plain tough to do, period. I find that fun. Don't
you?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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