How to make a Free-Style routine??

[Hector]

Ok guys who can help me with this. And by the way I know it should be 4 min. long (usually) and that you need to change your tempo at least 3-4 times.

But beyond that, what else. What tips do you use te time the sequence, what maneuver you should start with, any order of maneuvers?? (Precision first then 3D). Fly high and big or low and close??? Do you get my drift?

So, is there any "general guide" or guidelines that can help somebody to construct a free-style routine?

I'll appreciate you're input in this matter.

Regards,

Hector

[sweetpea]

Look at the rules.......make sure you meet all criteria. Then make it pleasing to spectators and flyers alike.

[Hector]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpea
	Look at the rules.......make sure you meet all criteria. Then make it pleasing to spectators and flyers alike.

I was checking the AMA competition regulations, and couldn't find the one regarding Free-Style. If you have a Link, I'll appreciate it.

Hector

[sweetpea]

• 17. Four (4) Minute Freestyle Program.
17.1. The four (4) Minute Freestyle
Program is a “Show Time” separate event. It is
an unrestricted, individually crated sequence in
SCA-6
which “Anything Safe Goes!” To be eligible to
participate and compete in this event, the
competitor must also compete in one of the five
IMAC categories of precision sequence flying at
the same event. It should have separate awards
when offered. It is graded on the following
criteria:

A. Technical Merit {90 K}
a.1. Complete Use of the Flight
Envelope Utilizing the Exploitation of
Aerodynamic and Gyroscopic Forces (20 K).
The pilot is expected to make full use of the
flight envelope of the aircraft. This means flying
the full range of airspeeds and accelerations
permitted.
Program time should be divided
between high and low speeds, high and low G
maneuvers, and both positively and negatively G
loaded flight segments. The flight should
include the demonstration of controlled flight
beyond the stall boundary by use of autorotation
or other high angle of attack maneuvers. The
judge will deduct points if any of these areas are
noticeable under utilized.
The pilot is expected to show
movement of the aircraft about all axes using
both conventional aerodynamic controls and
propeller-generated gyroscopic forces. Higher
grades will be given to pilots able to make use of
all these effects through a wide range of aircraft
attitudes and flight paths. Repeated use of any
such forces in the same or similar attitudes
should result in lower scores.
a.2. Execution of Individual Maneuvers
(40 K). It should be clear that the maneuvers
flown were, in fact, intended and fully under the
pilot’s control. Higher marks will be given for
this objective when individual maneuver
elements are started and finished on obviously
precise headings and in well defined attitudes.
When, for example, gyroscopic
maneuvers are allowed to decay into imprecise,
poorly defined autorotation, marks should be
deducted for poor execution. Marks should also
be deducted if it appears that the pilot has
relinquished control the aircraft at any time.
a.3. Wide Variety of Figures Flown on
Different Axes and Flight Paths (30 K). Many
different figures should be completed in the time
available. These should include maneuver
elements of many different kinds and should use
many different flight paths and axes. Lower
marks should be given to a pilot who used only
one or two principal axes of flight. However, the
use additional axes within the performance zone
must be clear and precise, not giving the
appearance of being used by chance.
Marks should also be deducted if any
particular maneuver element is overused or
continues for an excessive period of time. For
example, higher marks would be given in the
event of a two-turn flat spin followed by
something else, than to a multi-turn spin that
simply took up more time.

B. Artistic Impression {90 K}b.1. Pleasing and Continuous Flow of
Figures with Contrasting periods of Dynamic
and Graceful Maneuvers (50 K). In a precisely
flown sequence, the completion of a figure will
be well described when movement about an axis
ceases and a particular attitude is briefly held.
The start of the next figure or maneuver should
then begin without any prolonged period of
inactivity caused by the need to reposition the
aircraft or reorient the pilot. Marks will be
deducted for any obvious period of level flight,
or inactivity, required between figures.
In a musical symphony, the listener’s
mood may be changed by contrasting fast and
slow movements. Similarly, in a 4-minute Free
Program, the judge should be treated to a flight
that causes different reactions. While some
maneuvers involve very high speeds, sudden
attitude changes and rapid rotations, others
involve slower speeds or more gentle transitions.
Higher marks will be given to a pilot to finds
time in his program for showing such differences
of mood and pace. Marks should be deducted in
this category for a flight that shows no such
distinctions.
Higher marks should be given for choreography
with the music to enhance the flight, and the
flight choreographed to enhance and present
visual impressions where both the music and
aircraft are flowing together with each other and
acting as a unified entity to display a harmonious
presentation.
b.2. Presentation of Individual and
Combinations of Figures in Their Best
Orientation and Optimal Position (40 K). Figures
can give different impressions when seen from
different viewpoints. For example, a climbing
inverted flat spin looks most impressive when
the top surface of the aircraft can be seen. A loop
flown in a plane inclined at 45 degrees to the
vertical is best appreciated when it is flown on
the Y-axis. Marks should therefore be deducted
if the judge is not shown a figure in its best
orientation.
Each figure has an optimum from which
it is best viewed. For example, a loop flown
SCA-7
overhead does not give the same pleasing
geometry as one flown further distant. Similarly,
a figure flown near the upper height limit will
cause discomfort when flown at the near edge of
the performance zone; a low-level horizontal
figure is better seen from close by than far away.
Higher marks will therefore be given when
individual figures are optimally placed, while
judges should deduct marks when it appears that
a figure is not well placed or positioned.

C. Positioning {20 K}c.1. Symmetry of the Presentation
Utilizing the Performance Zone to Maximize the
Audience and Judges Perception, Reception, and
Viewing of the Program (20 K). Highest marks
will be given when the sequence as a whole is
balanced evenly to the left and right of the
judges; direct line of vision towards the center of
the performance zone. Marks should be deducted
if, by design or by the influence of the wind, a
pilot’s program is noticeable biased to left or
right.
The greater the degree of symmetrical,
it may also be spread too far to either side, so
that some maneuver elements are flown outside
the performance zone, thus making them difficult
to see and interpret. Figures may also be flown
on the direct line of vision but very distant. Any
part of the flight that is flown at such distances
should be penalized for each excursion. The
entire program should be positioned so as to
maximize both the audience and judges
perception and reception of the flight as a whole.

17.2. Judging the Four (4) Minute Free
Program.
a. Any number of judges can be
utilized. As more judges that are used, the
overall score average will be less influenced by a
single judge. It is recommended that seven (7) be
used. For final score tabulation it is
recommended that the high and low score per
judging criteria category be discarded, and the
remaining scores by multiplied by their K factors
and added together to obtain the final score.
b. Each criteria will be judged from ten
(10) to zero (0) in 0.1 increments, i.e., 8.7, 7.9,
9.8m etc.
c. If the pilot lands any time prior to 3
minutes 30 seconds (three and one-half minutes)
the judges score is “prorated.” Example: the pilot
lands at the three (3) minute time. The judges
will score the contestant as through he flew four
minutes. The score room will tabulate the scores
normally and the pilot
will receive three-fourths (75%) of the judges
score for his final score. If the pilot lands any
time after three and one-half minutes there is no
penalty. The judges will stop scoring when the
timer announces “Time” at the four minute mark.
Another Example: If the pilot lands at the two
minute mark, he will receive 50% of the judges
score.
d. Specific circumstances that will
Disqualify (DQ) the competitor’s flight.
d.1. If the plane crashes, it is a
Disqualification (DQ).
d.2. If the plane goes behind the
deadline, it is a DQ.
d.3. If the pilot performs dangerous or
unsafe maneuvers or high energy maneuvers
directed at the judges or spectators, it is a DQ.
(As determined by a majority of the judges
and/or the CD).

Competition Regulations for 2007-2008 As found on the www.mini-iac website (page SCA-5)

[steedav8ranger]

Dang.. I always thought free-style meant just go fly your butt off......
did'nt know there was rules to follow.

[Hector]

Thanks for the info budy!!!

[sweetpea]

Freestyle is not 3-D. Its also not just stick banging. It should look somehwhat fluid with predetermined manuevers set to the music. The manuevers can be violent as in some 3-D stuff but you need to transition to the next move seemlessly.

Just ASK QQ........he won the TAS freestyle last year and his sequence was not filled with 3-D. It was a very inspiring sequence though.

[Silvanskii]

I constructed mine by finding songs I really liked, splicing them together the way I wanted them, and then placing exciting/dramatic/original maneuvers at specific points in the song that I thought flowed well.

That being said, getting the songs I wanted took a good couple of months and getting the maneuvers I wanted mixed in took another several weeks. In fact I've developed quite a few moves now I wish I had a few weeks ago!

I also liked presenting maneuvers in unusual angles to the crowd or at unusual times to give a more spectacular quality to the flight.

It's tough but when you get it good it sure is fun.

[Wojcigitty]

Try not to use too many pieces of music. It seems like so many pilots have performances that, while they have great technical merit and variety, are choppy, rushed, and not engaging because the song changes ever 20-30 seconds. I think a good freestyle should be flown to no more than three songs.

[sweetpea]

Maybe 4. one song per minute

[pitviper51]

no one has a true freestyle... that is crowd chosen,, go fly and have fun, and who ever draws the best crowd reaction wins.. all these regs make stuff to complicated,, just fly..
mike

[Hector]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Silvanskii
	I constructed mine by finding songs I really liked, splicing them together the way I wanted them, and then placing exciting/dramatic/original maneuvers at specific points in the song that I thought flowed well. That being said, getting the songs I wanted took a good couple of months and getting the maneuvers I wanted mixed in took another several weeks. In fact I've developed quite a few moves now I wish I had a few weeks ago! I also liked presenting maneuvers in unusual angles to the crowd or at unusual times to give a more spectacular quality to the flight. It's tough but when you get it good it sure is fun.

	Quote: Originally Posted by pitviper51
	no one has a true freestyle... that is crowd chosen,, go fly and have fun, and who ever draws the best crowd reaction wins.. all these regs make stuff to complicated,, just fly.. mike

Thanks guys, I new it was a complicated process and that it would take time. Never expected that it could take such a long time, but I guess that good things take time to create.

Appreciate all you guys input on this subject.

Regards,

Hector