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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Eric,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial> That discussion on snap rolls was truly
beautiful. Could someone put that in the rulebook right away? I
agree 110% with everything you say here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>That happens to be my Focus in the video. Just
for the record I did not receive any zeros for snaps at the Nats. When
watched on the video it doesn't look that bad. If viewed frame by frame
you can clearly see the nose pull up then the plane badly barrel around without
the proper cones. I did this because I was just scared by the
discussion at the pilots meeting about having to show the break from the
flight path BEFORE the snap or suffer a severe downgrade. I'm still
working on this but when I pull elevator before the snap I get barrel
instead of snap. A high ranking FAI pilot advised me to set a condition
for snaps that had a lot of aileron but low elevator and rudder so you get a
crisp snap without so much loss of heading or speed. Is that a more
proper snap or just a fast roll?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, I've been thinking about this video thing and I
think it's a great idea. How about we video tape the whole contest then
send the tape to an unbiased panel of judges who can scrutinize it all frame by
frame then later publish the results online? Either that or use your idea
that if you can't teach everyone to judge it fairly and consistantly then take
it out of the rulebook.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Craig </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>