for me.....3-4 month before a competition I would just fly basic geometry shapes like rectangles, square, loop and triangle.....inclusive of number such as figure 9 or 6 and cuban 8........This form of practice I adopt is because of the fact that the whole scheldule is put together by a series of simple forms of geometrical shapes......only about 2 to 3 weeks for about 6 flight a week I will practice the scheldule together.....in fact one important thing i recommend is not to train hard but train smart.......flying the schedule again and again isn't going to work......so train smart......what do i mean by there ? like for example train rectangles flying......or box flying...which mean flying rectangles within the f3a flight box.......in that manevour you will practice a few important things.....

1. Vision ( how to see the aircraft correctly at all angles....)
2. Throttle management
3. Wing levelness control at all part of the rectangles
4. Handle crosswind situations better...
5. Radius training at the corner of the rectangles...aiming for consistent radius at all corners.....

And i seriously agree with what rcpattern says ........ some days are just your days...some days are really not......so don't push yourself too hard if those days are not your days.....very important !!!!


Just keep in mind a simple term......... CONSISTENCY is the word.......... being consistent is very important than anything else......better than you so happen to manage to keep your flight at 150meters or roll nicely than previous....in an F3A flight all it matters so much is consistency......give you an example....look at the previous results of onda, CPLR and somenzini at the WC 07.......both onda and cplr had some good rounds and not so good rounds....but somenzini kept his scores in consistency......get my drift ? correct me if i am wrong....i am open to all comments......


You don't need to practice lots and hard..but you must practice smart......