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

From: Max Zaluska <flyezb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:07:10 -0000

I hope reasons like this haven't or won't discourage people from
attending Lakehurst.. or other events for that matter..
Next time Nick is fussing I'll call him a "Homesteader" lol!
What do you call someone fishing for his F1D while 8 others are flying
around?

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan"
<john_kagan_at_...> wrote:
>
> 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 - 15:08:11 CEST