Re: USIC Rules...(A-6 motor stick length)

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:08:29 -0000

Sorry. I said the wrong thing. It's supposed to be front of bearing
to front of rear hook.

As far as I know there are no events that specify a "motor stick"
length.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <f1diddler@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen@>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm bringing up this topic again because the incorrectly written
USIC A-
> > 6 motor stick rule just caused a problem here at USIC. An A-6 was
built
> > with a motor stick that was 6" long but the hook to hook distance
was 6
> > 1/8". The model didn't pass inspection.
>
> "Hook to hook" distance? I've never heard of that regarding
motorstick measurement in any
> event. Of course, the Indoor_Construction A-6 Committee revised
rules (in our File section)
> say,
> " Maximum motor stick length 6 inches measured from the thrust
> bearing face to the rear hook."
>
> But if an "event sponsor" and CD want to keep a foggier rule set
enshrined for whatever
> reason, then (yet more) rewriting ain't gonna help the sitchy-
ation.
> MB
>
Received on Sat Jun 02 2007 - 16:08:44 CEST