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So, I flew 2 flights, 8 iterations today doing the '15 Sportsman Known. I finally found a field about the right size of the acro box near my airport.
So, after fig #3 I am finding if I don't take the start of fig#4 to almost the upwind edge of the box that I am having a bit of difficulty putting fiq#6 inside the downwind edge of the box.
So
1. Any tips on how to drop the spin exactly where I want it? When I carry power a bit to drag it to the right spot it is difficult to time when to pull it out to put the spin right where I want. I know the answer is "Repetition and coaching" . But are there any tricks to dropping the spin when your airspeed might still be a bit high? Especially since wind will always be a variable . For example no wind it might be roll out from fig#3 and pull power will be the perfect timing, but with a 15 MPH wind I might have to carry power till maybe mid field and I am not going to have enough flights before the next comp to figure it out through repetition to figure out timing for 5-10-15-20 MPH head winds.
2. Since the penalty for an "out" is the same as an interruption in Sportsman . Seems that there is no real numerical benefit to take a break vs just taking the out call. But in the real world, which will the judges score better?
3. If I find myself in a bad position coming out of fig#5, should I either take the out, take a break, or rush fig#6 to try and complete it in the box? My instinct is to rush it (instead of pull and count 2, roll count 3 - Maybe pull count 1, roll count 2 for example, and maybe pull harder on the looping portion) and accept a lower score for that figure instead of taking either penalty.
So, after fig #3 I am finding if I don't take the start of fig#4 to almost the upwind edge of the box that I am having a bit of difficulty putting fiq#6 inside the downwind edge of the box.
So
1. Any tips on how to drop the spin exactly where I want it? When I carry power a bit to drag it to the right spot it is difficult to time when to pull it out to put the spin right where I want. I know the answer is "Repetition and coaching" . But are there any tricks to dropping the spin when your airspeed might still be a bit high? Especially since wind will always be a variable . For example no wind it might be roll out from fig#3 and pull power will be the perfect timing, but with a 15 MPH wind I might have to carry power till maybe mid field and I am not going to have enough flights before the next comp to figure it out through repetition to figure out timing for 5-10-15-20 MPH head winds.
2. Since the penalty for an "out" is the same as an interruption in Sportsman . Seems that there is no real numerical benefit to take a break vs just taking the out call. But in the real world, which will the judges score better?
3. If I find myself in a bad position coming out of fig#5, should I either take the out, take a break, or rush fig#6 to try and complete it in the box? My instinct is to rush it (instead of pull and count 2, roll count 3 - Maybe pull count 1, roll count 2 for example, and maybe pull harder on the looping portion) and accept a lower score for that figure instead of taking either penalty.
