Re: Science Olympiad Nationals

From: soslipstream <parkreation_at_msn.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:21:55 -0000

I only saw two canards brought out of their boxes. One seemed to fly
very well. Jeff Anderson saw one the day before and said that it,
too, looked competetive. They sported a small fin in the very nose
of the airplane and swept-back wings otherwise structures seemed
standard.

Tom Sanders

> 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_at_>
> > 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 Fri Jun 06 2008 - 05:22:00 CEST