Can someone tell me were the center of these two maneuver's are: In sportsman The figure N (Fig. 3) and the Goldfish (fig. 9).
Thanks

Actually, there is not a center to either one of these figures. This is because starting with this season IMAC has adopted what they call a "zoneless box". As such there are no longer the traditional center and end box areas.

Because of this you no longer need to worry about "centering" a figure as before. What is judged is the overall impression of the total sequence.

To further complicate matters you need to understand that a figure actually starts the moment you reach horizontal flight coming out of the previous figure. If it is the first figure of a sequence that starts the moment you depart horizontal flight.

So for instance, the Figure "N" in the 2004 Sportsman sequence actually starts the moment you level off from the Hammerhead that precedes it. SO that makes it very difficult to talk about the physical center of the figure.

Now, having said all that, if you choose to fly this figure directly in front of yourself (one possible way to fly the Sportsman sequence) I would recommend that you place the roll element directly in front of you. This will make it "look" centered, even though it is actually not centered.

Basically the same goes for the Goldfish. It starts the moment you level off from the vertical downline with the roll on it. If you choose to place it in front of you, I would have the cross over directly in front of myself. However, I would think it look better displaced to the side a bit.

Let me know if this makes and sense to you.

Bill

the thing you must remember is presentation and the figures your talking about fall at one end . If you fly all the way across the box to start the maneuver your hurting yourself. keep these figures proportional to the rest of your sequence. I fly the sportsman sequence and both the figures you mention to me are end maneuvers i try to keep those maneuvers centered in the same spot . For example i center the figure n with the 2 of 4 on the down line. now the center I talk about is to one side or the other of my flying position.
The goldfish i center with the inside portion of the loop thus when airplane flies by me i pull to 45 paint then role over paint and pull 5/8 inside loop remember you do not have to exit at the same point you entered the 45. the best advice i could give is to keep the whole sequence as balanced as you can

Thanks guys, that helped.