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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Since it was brought up: I have very little pattern
experience so I may be off base here, however, I have a lot of IMAC experience
that may relate. I believe that unknowns are a great way to increase
excitement and, I believe, would help to drive participation in pattern.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There is always great anticipation, fun and comradarie
surrounding the passing out of and flying of the unknowns, let alone the
challenge and fun of flying them. Contests can be decided by
unkowns. You could even make the argument that unknowns
help determine who is the most skilled flyer- you can spend a lot
of time practicing just your known, however, flying an unknown can help show who
is the most rounded and capable flyer overall when given alternative manuevers
to fly that you can't specifically prepare for in
advance. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>As a CD of multiple contests where we used unknowns, I can
tell you that it is not a great deal of additoinal work. The biggest issue
is coming up with the unknowns but that has been solved with the introduction of
"national unknowns"- a different set of unknowns developed and shared nationally
each week. The other thing is scoring. I am not familiar with the
pattern scoring system but in IMAC it is just a matter of entering K factors for
the unknowns for each class- not a big deal.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I say, yes, let's introduce unknowns!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dave Michael</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pattern4u@comcast.net href="mailto:pattern4u@comcast.net">Grow
Pattern</A> </DIV>
<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> Friday, November 11, 2005 8:23
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: What constitutes an FAI
flyer.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I had no intention of suggesting that we fly unknowns.
This is too much to <BR>expect a CD to deal with. The F-schedule is pre-known
and can be pre-stored <BR>in the PASS system.<BR><BR>It just struck me that we
have effectively reduced FAI from flying two <BR>schedules down to one.
(Unless you make a finals in the USA Nat's etc.)<BR><BR>I don't see why we
can't just decide to run a two-day contest with P-07 on <BR>Saturday and F-07
on Sunday? Maybe it is time to take some control of our
<BR>destiny.<BR><BR>It is my considered opinion that flying Masters is as good
as flying P-07 <BR>and there is not much differentiation between the two
classes, especially if <BR>you only fly one schedule each.<BR><BR>Some have
said that they found next year's Masters actually harder than the <BR>FAI
schedule. I can go out and try the F-schedule but will neither myself <BR>nor
most of us will ever get a chance to fly it in a
contest.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Eric.<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
<BR>From: <<A
href="mailto:adriancwong@earthlink.net">adriancwong@earthlink.net</A>><BR>To:
<<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A>><BR>Sent:
Friday, November 11, 2005 12:23 AM<BR>Subject: RE: What constitutes an FAI
flyer.<BR><BR><BR>> Then, what about the Unknowns?<BR>><BR></FONT></DIV>
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