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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good question and I'm trying to think of an
answer. The problem is, we don't really know how manuvers are being judged
as a general rule. If one makes a point to watch a specific flight, and
then go peek at their tear sheet, you can find out. Or maybe you might
notice that a pilot you think you beat actually beats you could lead you to
wonder if those mistakes you saw were also observed by the judge. but as a
general rule this is a hard question. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I've said it before, but I think not
having a way to see the judges scores for a flight in near real time keeps
pattern confusing for interested spectators and difficult for us to improve our
judging. If this were available, I'm sure most pilots would be intrigued
enough to watch a flight and compare the judges score to their own score to see
how it compares. Spectators would feel they could follow along and have a
feel for how the contest is going and when a particularly good flight was
performed. Pilots might also have particular interest in their buddy's
performance, or might compare their assessments to those of a respected
judge. It might spark other conversations over a beer regarding
perceptions, none of which I can see as damaging.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A thread some time ago described various
ways to do this. The easiest was to have "scribes" that held up their
hands with a manuver score. Back of the hand was a whole number, palms
facing was a half point.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I bet if we tried this at contests over the
next few weeks you'd be more likely to get feedback on your
question.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=don.ramsey@cox.net href="mailto:don.ramsey@cox.net">Don Ramsey</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> Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Judging</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any areas that seem to be miss judged
at the contest you attend? If you think so, please send me an email at
<A href="mailto:don.ramsey@cox.net">don.ramsey@cox.net</A> so I can discuss
them in the K-Factor.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Don Ramsey<BR>NSRCA Judging Committee Chairman<BR>AMA
6096 NSRCA 1506<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:don.ramsey@cox.net">don.ramsey@cox.net</A><BR>website: <A
href="http://members.cox.net/don.ramsey">http://members.cox.net/don.ramsey</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>