Jeff writes: <<Speed: Speed is considered the luck factor. You don't fly MOM....
WRONG!!!! This is a common misconception amongst many pilots. I will say one thing... the fastest pilot on the field will win. You have 4 minutes of working time to optimize your slot. Sometimes you get sink.. sometimes you get lift... sometimes nothing... but he who optimizes every aspects of all his speed slots will win. 50 ft of launch altitude equates to about 1 second (given the same AUW). You'd better not be giving anything up on launch. You'll have to read the model in every phase of the flight- during launch - during the ping - after the ping - as you're coming back to enter... you'll have to know if it's a 15 second launch, 16/17/22???? Don't try to go 15 off a 17 second launch - you'll go 22. You need to read the launch... Is the launch a keeper? Is the air going to get better or worse? Should I relaunch? You've got time for 3, maybe 4 if you're good. I can stand back from the line, watch the launches... and tell how fast people are gonna go... I've made comments like - 17 second launch... but Steiffel will go 19... ;-) I'm always on the money...I've seen guys go 17 in 15 second air ... and come back thinking they just rocked the world.... actually... they just gave everyone back 100 points... My point is... those who don't understand the speed task (or those who aren't fast) minimize its value and significance. When I was competitive, why did I go fast? Cuz I flew in the best air available in my slot... I outlaunched the field on average... and I flew the shortest smoothest course of anyone at the comp. He who is the fastest will win at F3B, provided he doesn't screw up anywhere else. You lose an F3B comp in distance and duration. You can't win it here, cuz you only fly against a few pilots every round... and there will be multiple 1,000's. You win an F3B comp in Speed. It's the only place you can make up points on the whole field. Daryl - speedy - Perkins __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
