Steve's description is also correct.
I actually was writing that prior to my first reply to this thread, but it is not always happen and I feel that it depends on design. So, I re wrote the whole reply as basic.

Quote from my first posting. "Not all plane fly same way because of different design and wind penetration characteristics. "


GW,
Thank you very much for kind words. I try to hook more people to Pattern in my area just to have people to practice with and go to contests together. So far no success.

Just call me Ihncheol or just Park. More than half the people that I know call me "Park" because of hard pronounciation of my Korean first name.

Actually, I have to call you Mr. W.

RC Admin,
If you can convince the judges, you should also be able to convince the AMA for regulation change regarding NOT being able to fly over the pit area.

With lots of cross wind, I had very little time to trim my plane correctly.