Re: Winding / hooking up on the floor (was: Rules interpretation?)

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:19:49 -0000

I think part of our difference in perception is due to you not being
accustomed to the practice ("…I've seen only one flyer doing it in
USA…") and me seeing it a bunch. It is a matter of familiarity. You
are considering winding at your table "traditional", and I view
hooking up an F1D out on the floor to be pretty standard.

I guess it would all depend on the circumstances and the site. In
Slanic there are lots of places to launch, and it is not unusual to
see several people getting ready to fly on the floor. It is also not
unusual to see two or more people next to each other. When one is
ready they launch and clear out.

At USIC it is a bit tighter, but there is still room to launch even
if someone is getting ready.

I'll concede that I think actually winding in the middle of the floor
is a bit unnecessary (although we did in Slanic w/o much problem). I
wind at my table, walk out w/ my winding setup and model, adjust the
launch torque, hook up and launch. Doesn't take too much time.

But even if someone is "homesteading", it doesn't seem to be too much
of a problem. Just because they are standing near a circle doesn't
mean they've laid claim to it. Nick Ray was fussing with his model
out on the floor at USIC. I brought my model out and launched near
him. My model was up first, so it got priority. It didn't bother me
that he was winding nearby. When he was ready to launch I expected
that he would make sure I was high enough or in a different circle.
No biggie.

I assume you had a bad experience with the one flyer you saw doing
his business on the floor, right? What happened?
Received on Mon Jun 25 2007 - 13:21:57 CEST