I flew basic last year and did ok. In three contests I finished in the middle of the pack. I have a lot of book smartness when It comes to IMAc but need to educate my thumbs. I have been Contest Director for 5 IMAC's been to F&J seminars and read every book ever published on RC Scale aerobatics setup etc...about 10 times each.

I don't think a new pilot should practice the entire sequence right away, he/she needs to braek down the sequence and concentrate on individual maneuvers and drawing a straight line in between. Each maneuver needs to be practiced right to left and left to right..

Here is my plan, I will fly this flight plan two times before attempting the entire 2006 sequence.


Flight 1.......5 minutes Humpty Bump both ends with straight line inbetween
5 minutes Cuban 8 both ends with a straight line inbetween
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind(or practice the chalenging slow roll)

Flight 2......5 Minutes Hammerhead Both ends straight lines in between
5 minutes reverse cuban Both ends and you guessed it straight lines inbetween
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind(or practice the chalenging slow roll)

Flight 3......5 Minutes reverse sharks tooth both ends straight lines in between
5 minutes Immelman on right split Ess left straight lines in between
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind

Flight 4.....5 minutes of Immelman on Left Split Ess on left straight lines inbetween
5 Minutes of humpty bumpe each end with a roll at center straight lines before and after roll
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind

Flight 5.....5 minutes of Rev Cuban each end with the dreaded loop at center
.....5 minutes Rev Sharks tooth each end with Figure 9's at center
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind, or practicing more loops that I just messsed up on

Flight 6.....5 minutes of Immelman and 1.5 turn Spin Immelman on right Spin at center
5 minutes of Immelman and 1.5 turn Spin Immelman on left Spin at center
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind

Flight 7 5 minutes of Loops and Hammer each end
5 minutes of 9's and cuban eights each end
5 minutes of sport flying to clear my mind.

At this time you know what your weak maneuvers are, you might spend a few flights practicing them, then repeat the 7 flights above again,you will never be able to competatly fly the whole sequence until you have some level of confidence on the above 7 flights.

Once you have flown the above seven flights then try the first half of the sequence, then the second 1/2 then the whole sequence, then the whole sequence back to back two times.

If you find a maneuver that you are having problems then practice it with symmetry...for example if you are having trouble with loops don't just fly loop after loop fly the maneuver before and/or after the loop to set you up. Example... in the 2006 basicc you have reverse cuban/loop/hammer...If you want to practice loops then either do rev cuban/loop/rev cuban/loop etc.. or loop/hammer/loop/hammer...etc.. this will get you to practice loops from left to right and right to left with the proper setup..

anyway that is my worthless 0.02

great luck in 2006

10's

Dan P