--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler@...> wrote:
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> Okay, but in message 6865 (where all this developed) the term used every time was "angled stick" with a "d." Nothing to do with fishing tools, and everything to do with using a pole to get an errant model out of trouble (unethical in a contest, IMO.)
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Even more revealing is that Vladimir's proposed solution specifies keeping the "angled stick" vertical!!
"Thus, my proposition is to addopt, at the beginning as "Local rule", prohibition of steering the model with the angled stick. The "vertical" stick position would be at eye sight, i.e. some 2 - 3 degrees out of verical (which is visible) would be allowed."
But, whatever, angled Angler sticks...I agree with Don's assessment that allowing competitors to use a pole to steer the tailboom has made it easier to use steering to save a stalling model. I've seen wallowing models get dragged by the prop, too. It's just harder to do. Similarly, I think I could de-stall a model with a vertical pole. Just not as easily as pushing up on the tail.
Ethics are difficult to enforce. Which leaves us with trying to get the rules to produce the desired results.
Received on Tue Jan 19 2010 - 12:19:59 CET
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