Is it possible for you to tell us how many teams flew canards?
Thanks,
Scott
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "soslipstream"
<parkreation_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yep, that's what I was thinking. Especially since the rules say it's
> okay at the EC's discretion. Wonder who the EC was?
>
> I was the ES (event supervisor) but the schedule demand came from
> Gerard Putz, prez of SO and Kathy Melvin, SO NATS organizer. They have
> the power to overule anything the rules say.
>
> Bill, the winning plane had the angeled tailboom similar to your
> design but was different with geodesic wings and stab, a truss
> tailboom and molded fins. If flew extremely well and the young woman
> stated that it was designed specifically to fly at Nationals. Rumor
> has it that a manufacturer is considering buying the design. It might
> be nice to see something else besides Freedom Flight airplanes in SO
> competition.
>
> Tom Sanders
>
Received on Thu Jun 05 2008 - 11:12:16 CEST