--- Robert Clemens posits:
> I believe this minimum weight rule was
> established at the USIC many years ago in an effort to "level the
playing
> field" a bit and not allow the event to become into a quasi-penny
plane
> competition. It established a light enough weight standard that
most
> modelers could meet while at the same time preserving a good degree
of
> endurance capability. It seems to have achieved these goals.
What would be your evidence for such a claim?
I think the obvious reality is that weight rule did nothing to
preclude the use of lightweight indoor building technique. Instead,
it simply reduced the viable subjects down to a single plane (unless
you choose to fly more for more fun than for competition which, of
course, is perfectly fine).
The current models are at least as challenging as a Pennyplane, so
the rule didn't achieve that goal either. Leaving the community with
a few options:
- change the weight rule to allow other subjects to be competitive
(and EZB-like)
- change some other aspect of the rules to de-emphasize Hostler
Fury's (maybe a length restriction?)
- leave things alone and build a Fury
- leave things alone and don't build a Fury
Despite succumbing to the urge to respond, I probably fall into the
last option :)
Received on Mon Jun 23 2008 - 09:53:15 CEST
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