Hello Tom
Clearly we disagree. That's okay ... maybe some day, we'll do it over a beer.

The judges were briefed, with a definition of what is and is not zero-able, with which I utterly disagree.
They were told that if the maneuver could not be readily identified as either an axial roll, or as a barrel, then it must be a snap.
This is a dreadful cop-out.
It is up to the pilot to demonstrate to the judge, so that he has no doubt, that the plane was driven to a pitch break.
It's somewhat like the difference between continental law and the legal principles under which both you and I live.
Is it a menauver if the pilot doesn't prove it, or is a maneuver unless the judge disproves it.

This is a discussion worht having, but in a different thread.
My problem is that the judges were not given free rein.
Did you not hear the murmuring in the crowd, during the finals?
You certainly heard the guffaws when pilots tried for a real break and blew it: their airplanes sure behave differently when actually stalled.


best regards,
Dean Pappas