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Thread: [IAC-L:1594] Re: Aircraft and categories
Message: [IAC-L:1594] Re: Aircraft and categories
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From: ACCassidy at aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:46:31 UTC
<< Don Peterson writes: > ... > And, I don't think having some people move down is a tragedy. If one > wants to fly only -1G maneuvers, then the category which uses a Citabria > 7ECA or Clip Wing cub as its design standard is the right one for you. > If you want to fly +6-3, then the category built around a Decathlon is > right. Everyone is free to choose. > > ...>> Kim Reniska writes: <<Don, I don't disagree with you. But I am curious about something. If Sportsman should de designed around Citabrias and Intermeiate is to be designed around Decathlons. What aircaft are the Advanced and Unlimited designed around? Is it a Pitts for Advanced and a Sukhoi for Unlimited? If so, does it make sense to allow someone to fly a Sukhoi in Intermediate? Doesn't that give them an unfair advantage over the Decathlon driver? But it's not practical (or is it?) to expect a inexperienced pilot who has just bought a Sukhoi to start competing in the Unlimited category. Or a new Pitts owner to enter his first competition in the Advanced category? Kim >> I'm not trying to steal any credit due Don for his forward thinking, but at least some of his ideas seem to equate in a way with what we do over here in UK. I am the principal sequence designer for Known and Unknowns at our contests, and these are always drawn with a MINIMUM AIRCRAFT in mind. So Standard (Sportsman eq) sequences are put together so that they can be flown in a Cessna Aerobat, Fournier RF4, Tiger Moth even. It seems hammers are OK in aerobats here - though we have no Citabrias competing. Intermediate is drawn so that a Stampe can do it - we don't seem to have any Decathlons here. Advanced is composed with the CAP-10 and Pitts S2A in mind. Unlimited is probably capable in a hot S1S, but no-one here has flown this category in a biplane for several years now. I have now been heavily involved in setting sequences, running contests and judging for several years. I have seen absolutely no evidence to suggest that pilots flying high-performance aircraft at lower categories get significantly higher scores than their flying justifies. Some figures are easier in the more powerful planes, but some things are harder too. Staying in the box can be really difficult, as can thinking properly under the higher G-forces. Alan Cassidy BAeA