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Old 05-20-2010 | 09:55 AM
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Default RE: Top Hat and Immelman.


ORIGINAL: J Lachowski

Joe,

Your answers can be found here.



http://nsrca.us/documents/judging/cu...ediate2007.pdf
Joe is right on the mark. Study the presentation.....As with any presentation however, it is very difficult to put everything in. These generally do an excellent job with the major points.

I would add that the folks that are early in the pattern learning curve tend to not lock their wings, and tend to move the model in pitch a lot. Recommend that those manuevers in question are done as much as necessary concentrating on the fundamentals described in the presentation AND keeping wings locked AND maintaining smoothness...no pitch rocking, adjusting, etc. That goes for any maneuver BTW. Mastering Wing lock and pitch lock is the heart of Pattern