RE: Pattern vs Aerobatic
in pattern a few more things are scored, like take offs and landings are scored where in imac they are not. also pattern has many more restrictions on the size and weight of the plane. also in pattern the postion of the manuvers is a little more critcial, where is imac it isn't so much. one manuver that is really the same but calle ddiffrent is pattern is a stall turn , where in imac the almost same manuver is called a hammerhead. i flew pattern some years ago for about 2 years and i now fly imac and 2006 will be my first full year of competing. pattern can be alittle more tight lipped over imac, during imac contest things are a little more relaxed and everyone has a good time!!! don;t get me wrong they do in pattern but not so much. in imac more contest no hold a frestyle contest at the end of the weekend after all the rounds are over, where in pattern they don;t have a freestyle contest. these are just a few i can think of, someone more than likely knows many more diffrences
mike