Diablo, the figure associated with the original post is the humpty bump on the advanced sequence. Flying paralell to the runway pilot pulls vert, performs 1/4 roll so pilot and judges see either bottom or top of the airplane, one opposite direction snap. Because the judges are looking at the bottom or top they will never see the pitch deviation even if it is there, As the airplane travels 1/4 way through the snap the nose will be displaced by the rudder and the judges will preceive this as the required pitch deviation. Remember that the judges have to give benifit of the doubt to the pilot. Obviously this wont work on snaps where the judges have clear veiw of the fusalage profile. In this case you will need a visable pitch deviation at the onset of the snap but the trick is to not hold the elevator in thoroughout the entire snap. I'm sorry but as lightly loaded as our models are, you are not going to get anything that appears to be autorotation without aileron.


Flying Tiger, as you may remember, Brians bulk of experience is with full scale. He mainly touched on what the judges wanted to see. Most if not all of the upper class pilots have developed ways of easing the difficulty of the manuver and still give the judges what they need to see.


Shawn