While film does have some advantages, not the least of which is no warping
from shrinking paper & weight savings (allowing more weight in the wood
structure) I believe A6 was & still is intended to appeal to new comers to indoor &
film is preceived as requiring additional skills & /knowledge. The
preception part of this should not be under estimated. If you build a lot of film
covered models then you would probably not agree with me, but if you got your
start in indoor free flight by building tissue covered planes (scale, no-cal,
AMA cubs, etc.) you MIGHT see film as more difficult or more advanced & be less
likely to give duration flying a chance. Also, tradition has something to do
with it too. I think A6 is unique in that the rules were intended to create
an event that was simpler & faster to build than the existing duration events
for a novice. The addition of a minimum weight & elimination of the 1/32"
minimum prop shaft size were the only significant changes to the original rules.
You may recall, a group was formed a few years ago to "standardize or unify"
the A6 rules. Eventually, we came up with a set of rules which we suggested
be adapted by the USIC & other groups flying A6. To this day, the USIC has
not adopted these rules, which would not have made anyone's A6 that I am aware
of obsolete. Yes, I understand that using film would not prevent someone from
using paper, but as soon as the more experienced flyers started using film
it would be perceived by new comers as being the correct way.
Momentum is a wonderful thing.
Gary Hodson
In a message dated 11/21/2008 2:02:38 P.M. Central Standard Time,
b.gowen_at_comcast.net writes:
Changing the A-6 rules to allow film would be a wonderful idea in my
opinion. However this is complicated by the fact that there are no official rules
for A-6 other than what people have decided to use. If there is a way to make
this chamge I will be happy to do anything I can to help the process.
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