Agreed. I have tried to tell the others that it's more difficult than F1D
but that hasn't made any difference yet! We can't afford to chop the number
of classes because of the low numbers and few sites.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Aikman" <nickaikman_at_hotmail.com>
To: <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: ROG stick
> Mark and Larry,
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> Thanks for the comments re: numbers of flyers and difficulty etc.
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> You do seem to have a zillion classes in comparison to us, but if
> people want to fly them, why not?
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> In passing, over here, I believe that there's some thought amongst
> the outdoor FF fliers that there are far too many classes and
> some 'weeding out' might be done - with a view to concentrating
> minds on the FAI classes. The problem with this is that the FAI
> classes outdoors and F1D/35 cm/A ROG and other ultra-light classes
> will probably still be seen as too difficult to attempt by some and
> therefore, flyer numbers might drop further. A dificult conundrum!
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> In GB, we have about 8 or 10 active 35 cm flyers and some see it as
> a stepping stone to F1D, although it's actually more difficult IMO.
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> Nick.
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <f1diddler_at_y...>
> wrote:
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>> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nick Aikman"
>> <nickaikman_at_h...> wrote:
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>> > I wonder, why don't more people Stateside fly 35 cm?>>
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>> Perhaps inflation--too many events chasing too few modelers. I
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>> counted 14 indoor rubber powered AMA events existing. Of course
> that
>> doesn't include 35 cm and F1M (non AMA.)
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>> I wonder if in USA there are even 14 modelers who are currently
> able to
>> build a competitive 35 cm considering VP, rolled tubes, etc.
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>> However, at 05 USIC, there were 8 entries for 35 cm, 6 entries for
> AROG.
>> Mark F1diddler
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