No more flying Figure M .......
 

Last weekend = Last time flying the horrible Figure M :D and may we never see such a manouver again in a P program, period !

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Judges could have a complete different opinion.
VB

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

I'd rather see FAI get rid of snap rolls. After the video I saw from the WC, to say anyone is really snapping their airplanes is a stretch, and it then just becomes a game of who can cheat it the most without getting caught. It's hardly a 'precision' maneuver.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

there where very good (but very few) snappers at the worlds like Beschroner or Ulsamer from Germany...

Beschroner's snaps are 100% by the book...

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

And I was complaining because I wanted more snaps on a P.

Alejandro P.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

finally getting somewhat the hang of it. Lost a plane in the bottom section losing a wing.....I will not miss it!!

Volkert

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Not the last time for me I'm afraid, for some strange reason I can grease through it every practice, but come competition day I almost always make a meal of it.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

We call that "choking".........touche

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Second that!

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

You can call it Susan if you like but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with!

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Renegade, last fall I had problems with the figure M and found I was trying to do too much at one time. I backed off and started practicing the "parts" (small bites) of the maneuver and over several flight sessions, the "parts" became a complete "meal" as you say. If the figure M was easy, everyone would want it included in their particular class flight schedule. I, for one, am glad the figure M is part of the schedule I fly and feel between the figure M and 3 rolls reversed with all it's peices and parts serves to make me a better overall pattern flyer. Wish you well as usual_Everette

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Agree with that, the M made me a better pilot for sure.

Regards

Alejandro P.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

I think we can all agree that it's a manuevre you probably wouldn't spend time on unless you had to! :D

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

How about the unlimited IMAC... talk about a Snapfest.... every maneuver has a snap.. one'r'two on uplines... I think the Alternate has one maneuver with a rolling circle instead of a snapper...

One or two snaps in an entire sequence is about the right number... (in my little irrelavent and humble opinion)

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Doug, I agree. Watching this video, it confused me a lot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7p4ACRuHg&feature=player_embedded#!

Perhaps I do not know nothing about snap rolls, but, I hardly believe that maneuver number four, the upline snap, is really a snap roll !!

Regards

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Anybody know how he was scored on that one?

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Vince,

I think these F3A pukes need to stop whining and take their medicine. Don'tcha think??

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

I flew my last M on saturday and I was glad to be done with it. but now, I kinda think I'm going to miss it. It taught me a lot, and made me a better pilot.
When we're out hot-dogging at the field, we can all say "hey, watch me stall-turn into an inverted rolling half-loop!", and we'll see some raised eyebrows when we do just that.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

What?

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

What?

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Matt, some folks thought I was being a bit tough when I used the name "pattern hack" in another thread somewhere around here. Compared to you, I could stand to take some lessons! You are BRUTAL! But, like my old man said years ago, "if the shoe fits, wear it"! As I said earlier in this thread, the figure M maneuver has generally helped me to become a better pattern flyer. Just my thoughts, Everette

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Im actually gonna miss the figure M, It always made people gaze at my plane as it knife edged 10 feet off the ground

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Forgive my ignorance, but is the committee banning the maneuver or something? You're all talking about the Figure "M" as if it's gone forever.

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

The Rolling Figure M is in the P-11 sequence that ends this year. Next year we will fly P-13/F-13 in F3A. That doesn't mean the Figure M might not come back some time in the future, OR appear in the AMA Masters schedule at some point. (evil grin)

Woodie
Team Acme LG
Team Blenderm

RE: No more flying Figure M .......
 

Fat chance;)