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Title: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Tom Strom on June 11, 2012, 12:51:28 AM: I know the time limit for CLPA skill classes Int., Adv., Exp., is 8 minutes. I can't find the time limit for beginner. Is it the same?

Tom
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Trostle on June 11, 2012, 02:14:43 AM: Quote from: Tom Strom on June 11, 2012, 12:51:28 AM
I know the time limit for CLPA skill classes Int., Adv., Exp., is 8 minutes. I can't find the time limit for beginner. Is it the same?

Tom

There is nothing in the skill classes that specifies a time limit other than the time limit defined in the Maneuver section of the CL Precision Aerobatics event. This applies to the Beginner event as well as Intermediate, Advanced and Expert.
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Allen Brickhaus on June 11, 2012, 05:18:02 AM: At the Nats we use a six minute time limit, also at Brodak and at the Western Kentucky/Southern Illinois Stunt Champs. We advertise this in advance as this is a change we make to make the day run smoother. Normally a PAMPA event pilot has from 5:45 minutes to fly the pattern, thus having 2:15 minutes to complete the flight. A Beginner pattern takes 3:45 minutes and we had the same 2:15 minutes to the flight for six minutes. Thus you learn how to manage your fuel even in Beginner as you prepare for the Intermediate event.

Hope this helps.

Allen Brickhaus
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Tom Strom on June 11, 2012, 11:03:42 AM: Excellent. Thanks for the responses.

Tom
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Tim Wescott on June 11, 2012, 11:55:05 AM: Quote from: Allen Brickhaus on June 11, 2012, 05:18:02 AM
At the Nats we use a six minute time limit

Cruel!!

Every time I stepped up to do the beginner's pattern last year I was thankful that I had an inordinate amount of time to finish, and that I could put off learning fuel management until I wasn't crashing planes all the time.
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Steve Helmick on June 12, 2012, 06:16:18 PM: We still use 8 minutes in Beginner, simply because there aren't usually that many entries. H^^ Steve
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Mark Scarborough on June 13, 2012, 04:34:21 PM: Quote from: Steve Helmick on June 12, 2012, 06:16:18 PM
We still use 8 minutes in Beginner, simply because there aren't usually that many entries. H^^ Steve

except when Tim flies,, generally his flights generally last a shorter period of time than others,, VD~

Tim,, you remember I told ya I would get ya for your overduing the flight streak,, yeah,, just a reminder,, Z@@ZZZ Z@@ZZZ
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Tim Wescott on June 13, 2012, 04:48:58 PM: Quote from: Mark Scarborough on June 13, 2012, 04:34:21 PM
except when Tim flies,, generally his flights generally last a shorter period of time than others,, VD~

Tim,, you remember I told ya I would get ya for your overduing the flight streak,, yeah,, just a reminder,, Z@@ZZZ Z@@ZZZ

Hey! I haven't crashed it irreparably yet!

In fact, I've never had a plane that I crashed irreparably more than once. So there!
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Mark Scarborough on June 13, 2012, 04:53:14 PM: Tim,,

thanks I needed a chuckle today,, that did the job,, Looking forward to the next contest we both attend,, ( mostly cause you get my "sense of humor")
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: john e. holliday on June 14, 2012, 07:48:22 AM: Don't forget dueling swords at twenty paces or is it dueling pistols?? LL~ LL~ LL~
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Mark Scarborough on June 14, 2012, 09:37:58 AM: Doc, I thought that was Nuclear weapons at 20 paces,, dang I musta read that memo wrong,,,
Title: Re: Time limit Beginner PA
Post by: Steve Helmick on June 14, 2012, 11:43:12 PM: Dooling .29's at 20 paces would be more appropriate. Maybe Howard can work that into a JCT poem? #^ Steve