I don't know how active IAC 26 is right now but IAC 38 is very active up North. We're based out of Livermore, hold critique days at Tracy, and our contest is at New Coalinga at the end of May. As...
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I don't know how active IAC 26 is right now but IAC 38 is very active up North. We're based out of Livermore, hold critique days at Tracy, and our contest is at New Coalinga at the end of May. As...
I'd be OK with Advanced proposal 'A'.
-Martin
I think the main rationale was to come up with a Primary sequence that had no downwind loop/half cuban and there wasn't an easy way to do that and keep the spin. Altitude loss from the spin may have...
CIVA has voted. The 2014 Knowns (Unlimited, Advanced, Int/Y52) are...
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(Incidentally, I have no idea how well image embedding will turn out so, for the record, that's Unlimited...
I'd echo Wes' comment. Flying a stock S-2B I've definitely had the feeling I'm having to work harder than I would in a monster monoplane but against that
- I'm still very much the limiting factor...
The latest versions of these proposals have been posted, along with comments from the Known Analysis Working Groups which gives an inkling as to which sequences are favored. The comments are an...
I haven't flown any but your comments largely reflect my thoughts based on flying a stock S-2B (and I'm almost always in warm wx). I'm definitely not a fan of figure 5 in Proposal A.
I think D...
Since I haven't seen it appear here yet, the proposed CIVA Advanced and Unlimited Knowns for 2014 are available at
http://www.fai.org/civa-documents
Go to Meetings, select 2013, and there they...
Thanks, Wes. I've been dimly aware that there are various criteria applied in selection of Known sequences. I've never really known exactly what they are - although they can be somewhat inferred from...
Just for chuckles I decided to go out and fly all 7 of these sequences yesterday. In one flight. It may not have been the most sensible way to evaluate them - and my GoPro battery was dead so I don't...
Here's another Sportsman proposal for your consideration...
-Martin
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Makes sense to me. That's effectively exactly what we just did this weekend at Coalinga. Should there be a similar update to the effect that the contest Safety Director should be the IAC Safety Chair...
My comments are largely a straight copy and paste of DJ's...
13-1: I don't see 8.5.9.1, 8.5.17.1 or 8.5.19.3 presenting huge issues to any Intermediate pilot. Somewhat lukewarm on the other three....