What are your favorite maneuver(s)?
11-15-2014, 07:41 AM
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My first fave is the slow horizontal roll.
My second fave is the reverse point roll.
As in any rolling maneuver, these two require a high degree of precision in coordinating rudder, elevator and aileron.
I thing they are the most graceful maneuvers when done with a high speed classic pattern aircraft.
Donald, P-7 Driver
My second fave is the reverse point roll.
As in any rolling maneuver, these two require a high degree of precision in coordinating rudder, elevator and aileron.
I thing they are the most graceful maneuvers when done with a high speed classic pattern aircraft.
Donald, P-7 Driver
11-16-2014, 10:00 AM
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I too like the rolling circles, there is just so much variation you can apply. Inside roll direction, outside direction, combination of the two, 1 roll every 90 degrees, 120, 180 and the master of all rollers, the single roll roller. Snapping rollers really wow the crowd.
11-17-2014, 03:22 PM
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It's complex but simple in that only one thing is (supposed to be) happening at a time so it's next to impossible to hide a mistake. The four rolls?, same rate of rotation, middle of the upline so they should be all at the same height. Stall turns? both should be at the same height. Radi? all flown at base height so they should all look the same. Difficult to fly and very easy to judge.
You can hide some rudder in the part loops, and make a small correction in the 3/4 rolls if the judges still haven't had their morning coffee, but hiding a correction in a 1/4 roll is a bit harder.
Maneuvers with integrated rolling elements is a bit like the diving, where they just judge on the splash at the end. If you hit your points then everything else "must" have been right, but rolls/point rolls/ roll combinations on straight lines look good though....
11-21-2014, 07:35 AM
#32
Cuban 8 along with the Figure M and Vertical 8. I started practicing those two this year although I'm still a novice. They are a lot of fun.
But what about least favorite maneuvers? For me, three inside loops. They terrify me, because there is so much time to be able to get the maneuver right yet the coordination and timing always seems to be off. And it looks so easy.
But what about least favorite maneuvers? For me, three inside loops. They terrify me, because there is so much time to be able to get the maneuver right yet the coordination and timing always seems to be off. And it looks so easy.
11-21-2014, 08:28 AM
#33
Least favorite, More IMAC type sequences then pattern but I tend to have more issues with center maneuvers that have fractional vertical snap rolls. For some reason they want to throw something like a 1 3/4 negative snap roll on a center positioned humpty bump or reverse sharks tooth. If you are the least bit marginal on power there is just no way to make it look nice an symmetrical, the line is always shorter after the snap or if you make it the same length it takes twice the count. Either way the judges see it.
