I've never competed in Pattern but am practicing mostly on Real Flight right now the sportsman pattern because of the weather. I realize it's not the same but just to get the routine in my head and used to the maneuvers.

Anyway, I have a question about getting off track from left to right. I imagine a parallel line to the runway as my flight line for me to enter and exit the maneuvers. I'm trying to imagine the 60 degree left right and up as the boundaries of the box.

My questions are these:

1) If you execute a maneuver accurately, but it is not parallel to the runway but on another 'line', but the maneuver itself is accurate on another 'line', are points taken off?

2) If you get 'off line' are you allowed to get back on line after exiting the box before entering it for the next maneuver, and do you have to do a half reverse cuban eight in order to do so?

3) I prefer to practice with my line low to the ground to see what I'm doing better. I realize this makes it more difficult in real flight but is this allowed in competition.

4) Are the sizes of the circles and 1/4 and 1/2 circles, as long as consistent from one move to the next, allowed to be large circles?

I'm looking at [link=http://nsrca.us/documents/judging/currentamaschedules/PPT_Sportsman2007.pdf]this[/link] as a guide.

Thanks in advance.