Hi Guys,
As I mentioned before, we will be trying something different in the FAI class at Riverside. Saturday we will fly 4 rounds of F13. Sunday we will fly two different “Unknown” sequences.

Also, as I mentioned before, I am now posting the unknowns. I am posting these early for several reasons.

The IMAC guys might think we are wimps, but I really want this contest format to be a learning experience for pilots and judges. Several of you guys will be going to the NATS and if you have never been exposed to unknowns, or had to sit in a chair and judge a complex pattern which you have never seen flown then it can be very intimidating. Likewise, we don’t get acclimated to flying unknowns in front of judges like they do in IMAC. So, my remedy is to post these patterns early so that pilots and judges can start getting into the groove and familiarize themselves with a strange sequence.

To keep an air of the “unknown” aspect I am going to do the following:

6 sequences are attached to this post. Japan 1, Japan 2, France 1, France 2, USA 1, and USA 2.
These have all been posted on various websites for some time. I don't have the Aresti software so I can't create any sequences for this event, therefore I am using what's already been posted. I can't use old P or F sequences since they aren't in the FAI unknown catalog. The selected sequences are true FAI unknowns so all the maneuvers are in the FAI catalog. Anyone who is serious has already been practicing maneuvers from the unknown catalog so the individual maneuvers won’t be a surprise.

After round 4 on Saturday we will draw the patterns at random. But there is a slight twist.

Sunday morning we will fly either Japan 1 or Japan 2 as the first unknown. These are more straightforward and a good way to get going.

The second unknown round will be to fly either France 1, France 2, USA 1, or USA 2.

This is the plan. Weather, lack of time, lack of judges, and or lack of participants can change what we do.