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Welcome to the IMAC Northwest Region. If you are new to
IMAC and seeking information, please click on Regional Contacts in the link bar
or click here and contact the Assistant Regional Director in your area.
New Stuff
- Medford Results
The results from the Medford contest are posted and the
Regional Standings page has been updated to reflect it.
Click Here for
the Medford results and Click Here for the regional page. Pics to follow....
- Polar Bear Pictures
The pictures from the 08 Polar Bear are posted.
Click Here to see one wild IMAC contest.
- Pilot's / Judges Corner -
This time its about the pilots adding lines that
aren't supposed to be there. If he does, it is not always a zero. Check it out.
Click here.
EVENTS:.
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Next Up - Judging Seminars -
This year we scheduled seven seminars in the region. They are:
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Anchorage, AK -
Seminar was held 3/1 - 20 guys |
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Nampa, ID - Seminar was held 3/8 - 16 guys |
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Medford, OR -
Seminar was held 3/22
- 9 guys |
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Spokane, WA -
Seminar was held 3/29 - 7 guys |
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Kent, WA - Seminar
was held 4/5 - 10 guys |
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Surrey, BC - 5/10 |
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Edmonton, AB - 5/11 |
Judging is crucial to the continued growth and health
of IMAC. Judging done badly
drives people away and, in addition, our guys who compete outside of
the region suffer if our NW judging is not on a par with what they find
at the Nats or at Tucson.
So we are making a push this year to make judging
seminars available around the region. Please take the time to attend
one. It will take about 5 hours on a Saturday. Even if you have attended
one before, doing it again is a great way to reawaken the judging
neurons for the start of the year.
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Next Next Up - Twin Falls Tumble -
Mike V. will be hosting this contest again this year on
May 24 & 25th. This is Memorial Day weekend and you can look for some
great spring weather in that part of Idaho for a good start to your IMAC
traveling for the year....
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Next Next Next Up - BC Coastal Challenge -
On 5/31 and 6/1 we will have the inaugural Coastal
Challenge in Surrey BC. Hosted by Jerry Ruscheinski and the RCFCBC.
The field is right over the border (truck crossing in Blaine, WA) so it
is a close contest for all in the Puget Sound area. For openers this
will be a restricted contest and will only fly Basic, Sportsman and
Intermediate. At the end of Sept we will be in Surrey again and fly all
classes. The contest flyer is posted on the schedule page,
Click
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Rear cockpit Extra 300.... |
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Hot Pic
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Its a Zlin.... |
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CD Stuff:
| Contest Check List: |
| Please review the CD
Contest Check List before your contest,
Click
Here. The list has been updated for 08 to reflect
current fees and rules changes. |
| NW Safety Practices: |
| Also, be sure to review the NW Safety
list before the contest and be very hard-nosed in enforcing all
items. Click
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| Contest Forms / Documents: |
| All the info, forms and contacts you
will need to run your contest are included in the
"Useful
Stuff" page on this
site. For registration, in addition to the AMA Event
participation form, please use the "IMAC Contest Sign In" form.
It has columns for frequency, pilot/panel, senior and "paid".
This is all info you must capture at registration,
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| Obtaining Unknowns for Your Contest: |
| The Unknown Sequence request link to
IMAC National is included in "Useful
Stuff" - follow the links you find there. You must make this request to National at least 10
days before the contest. You log onto the National site (have to
be a member) in order for it to display the request page.
Make sure you click on the "Submit" button before leaving
the request page. It is down at the left bottom and it is
not obvious. The Unknowns are emailed by National on the Monday
before your contest to whomever you specify as recipient in your
request for Unknown |
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Miscellaneous
- 12 General Judging
Rules Updated -
This paper has been updated and slightly expanded for
08. Click the following link to get to the paper that covers the 12
general rules that, as a judge, you should be looking for all the time.
Get these down and you are well on your way to being a knowledgeable
judge.
Click Here.
- 08 Pre-Registration -
Guys, there seems to be a reluctance to doing
this. It is really critical info for the people who run your contests -
and it makes for better contests for you. If there is a problem, please
let me know and I will try to fix it. Give it a shot.
Click here to
get to the site. The first time you go there you will have to register
which amounts to giving it a username & password.
Running a contest is a ton of work and anything that
you can do to assist the process, you should do. The pre-reg is not
binding but it is an extremely useful "best guess" for the CD. Please do
it. Thanks
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Pilots / Judges Corner -
Adding a Line....
Intuitively, if the pilot adds a line within a base
maneuver, you would think that he has created a maneuver that is
different than the Aresti and therefore that he should be given a zero
for that maneuver. In general that is true. However, there are four
instances in the maneuvers that we fly where a pilot can add a line
within a maneuver and still be considered to be in accord with the
Aresti. They are:
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In the case where an optional roll element is required at
the entry or exit of a part loop such as in an Immelman or Split
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Before or after an optional roll element done on an arc
(full or part loop...) |
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Before or after the optional 1/2 roll at the juncture of the
part loops in vertical Eights or S’s |
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At the juncture of the part loops in vertical Eights or S’s
when no half roll is required |
Consider each of these:
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For a roll element at the entry or exit of a
part loop such as an Immelman or Split S, there should be no line between the 180
degree arc and the roll element. For example: if the pilot pulls
an Immelman from an upright entry and is supposed to do a 1/2
roll at the exit, he must begin his rolling motion immediately
upon completion of the 180 degree half loop. If he shows a
visible horizontal line before beginning the roll, you deduct
two points. Note that this situation can occur in some of the
Family 8 maneuvers. Reference the F&JG sections 8.8.2 and 8.8.3
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When flying an arc that has a rolling
element on it, the track of the plane must follow the curve of
the arc during the time the rolling element is occurring. If
instead the pilot flattens out the arc and does the rolling
motion on a line, you deduct two points. He may also add visible
lines on either side of the rolling element - before he starts
and after he finishes the rolling element. If he does, you ding
him two points per visible line. |
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Vertical Eights or S’s may have a 1/2 roll
required at the juncture of the two partial loops. This 1/2 roll
must be done on a line and the F&JG does not tell us what
to do if he doesn’t do it on a line. My suggestion is that you
apply a one point deduction for omitting the line. This is
consistent with other cases of line omission. However, there
should be no visible line either side of the half roll. If he
shows you a line either side of the half roll after completing
or before starting the part loop, you deduct two points per
line. |
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If the Aresti does not call for a 1/2
roll at the junction of a Vertical Eight or S and the pilot
shows you a line as he transitions from one half loop to the
next, you deduct two points. |
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Is there a problem here? It all sounds pretty
straight forward but there is an issue in that the F&JG does not tell us
anything about the length of the visible line that the pilot may add. It
says: “Drawing a line requires a downgrade of at least two points
depending on the length of the line drawn“. The minimum two point
deduction part of this statement is clear but the F&JG does not help us
with “depending on the length of the line drawn”. As always in such
situations you must decide what to do as a judge and you must do it
consistently. What to do in this case?? You can set up some measure for
yourself to deal with the length of an added line. A scheme to deal with
it might be :
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Draws a line of a plane length but less than two
plane lengths |
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- Downgrade the minimum 2 point deduction for
adding a line |
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Draws a line of more than two plane lengths but
less than four plane lengths |
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- Down grade 4 pt |
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Draws a line of more than four plane lengths but
less than six plane lengths |
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- Downgrade 6 pts |
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Draws a visible line of more than six plane
lengths |
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- Zero the maneuver |
Yes, eventually the maneuver should be zero’d
because at some point the added line becomes so long and so disconnects
things from the other maneuver elements that what you are seeing bears
little resemblance to what the Aresti has called for.
Note that the above deduction scheme is only a
suggestion. The rules do not specify what to do for an extended line
where there shouldn’t be one and you, the judge, are left to decide how
to handle it. What you decide depends on your judging skill and your
ability to estimate lengths from a remembered point in the sky, e.g.,
where he should have started or ended the roll element. For these
situations use the above scheme or decide what works for you and go with
it. Just be consistent and, as always, the pilot gets the benefit of the
doubt.
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Tucson Shootout 07:
Tucson 07 is history. As usual it was a great time for everyone and our
guys showed well. Particular congratulations to Tony for making the cut
into Saturday. Great job by all
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Sportsman: |
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Mike Raines |
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Tony Thomasian |
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Intermediate: |
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Darren Kuhn |
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Mike Verswyvelt |
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Advanced: |
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Jim Gilbert |
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Mike Carreiro |
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Unlimited: |
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Kyle Woyshnis |
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John Wondra |
In addition, congratulations to Kyle who flew in the Four Minute
FreeStyle with the best in the world - next year he is going to fly a
few inches higher....
07 Regional Champions:
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Mike Carriero - Advanced |
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Darren Kuhn - Intermediate |
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Bruce Hanley - Sportsman |
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Keith Bodeau - Unlimited |
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Bruce Hanley - Senior |
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08 Known Flight Recordings:
Wayne Geffon has again flown the 08 Known Sequences for all classes on
the G3 flight simulator and posted those videos on Flying Giants. They
give you a good look at what each sequence is supposed to look like.
Check them out.
Click here.
Unknown Libraries:
You can practice for your Unknowns by utilizing the Unknowns from
past contests. A good source for these are the DA web site which has a
library of Unknowns from past years, click
Click Here.
Contest Pictures:
I can accept pics at any time you come up with them and post them to
this site for your contest. Just email me whatever you find and I can
add it to the photo gallery. I try to post something between 15 -25 pics
per contest and identify what/who is in the pic. So if I am unlikely to
know the people or things in the picture, please send me some ID info...
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