>
> Because someone like Mark Drela, or Joe Wurts, who can read thermals
> like the print on this page could kick your butt even with Pirelli
> rubber. And they don't even fly outdoor rubber, LOL.
>
Yeah, and then comes the final fly-off in the dead calm of the evening.
What do you then do with your superior air picking skills? Then it is -
tadaa - the trimming of the model, winding of the rubber, that
eventually counts. See YouTube and find the video of Kulakovski winding
5 motors during the 10 minute fly-off period for world champs in
Argentina, 2005. I bet he did not do that just to have a fresh motor
every 2 minutes, but rather select for the decisive flight a motor that
took the largest number of turns and still gave good peak torque.
> 'Cause outdoor fliers are *WIMPS*! Real FFers fly indoors, where it's
> nice and warm. And there's no wind.
Yeah. In recent years I have carried a GPS unit with me, gives nice
direction to the model. It also records all the movement on the field
during the day, and typically reads 10+km at the end of the day, on a
windy day in could be 20+. That is something like 15 miles. Walking
around on variable terrain, often soft ground, or as the case is often
here in FInland, where we fly of frozen lakes, walking across clear,
slippery ice or skiing in ankle-deep snow. Without ane pre-made tracks,
but on pristine snow. Compare that to indoor, where you have to walk 20
meters to pick the model. I can do that too, but bet that (pure) indoor
guys would collapse on their skis after the second round, due to pure
exhaustion. Wimps, yeah. I'd rather compare it to biathlon, where to
have to balance the physical excersice to the mental one, for a good
outcome.
-Tapio-
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