Re: Re: A6 rules proposal
Gary
I respect your opinion but I can't say that I have run across anyone else who shares it.
I did a build of a couple of A-6's on SFA awhile back. One was CP covered and one Mylar. For the CP wing It took several hours of fiddling with the CP and actually doing the covering vs. 1/2 hour for the Mylar wing. My SO kids have produced very nice looking Mylar wings after a few minutes of instruction whereas CP covered wings were almost always a disaster. I fail to see any logic behind requiring paper covering on any duration model.
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From: Warthodson_at_aol.com
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: A6 rules proposal
Don,
What version of the A-6 rules did you submit?
Bill,
The topic of allowing plastic coverings has been discussed numerous times on various forums. While there may be some advantges to plastic, I remain against allowing it, simply because it is preceived by many newcomers to be more difficult than tissue covering. And A-6 is an entry level duration event. Also, A-6 is one of the more popular events at local indoor events and at the USIC. I suggest that it is working well as it is & should be left that way.
Gary
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From: Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com; freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com
Cc: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Jan 27, 2010 10:56 pm
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: A6 rules proposal
I have proposed at a couple of times that the "official" rules of this unofficial event be changed to allow Mylar. The original idea of A-6 was to have an event that was an "easy" event and everyone knew that working with plastic film was much more difficult than paper. I think if you will ask anyone who flies A-6 about whether paper covering makes the event "easier" you will get the choice of "no" or "no" with some modifiers in front of it.
If there is a chance that A-6 will get into the AMA rule book then I think that we should make sure that the prohibition of plastic covering dies with the event's unofficial status.
Don, would you consider amending your proposal to eliminate rule #9? I will support your proposal in either case.
Bill Gowen
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From: Ken Achée
To: freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com
Cc: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:30 PM
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] RE: [freeflightml] turbulators
Since Ultra Film doesn’t change trim with changes in relative humidity as condenser paper does and since this novice finds Ultra Film easier to work with than condenser paper, is their any chance of getting the condenser paper requirement removed from the A-6 rules when the indoor board votes?
Ken in soggy South Alabama.
From: freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don DeLoach
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:10 PM
To: freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [freeflightml] turbulators
Gary
On a related subject I have submitted A-6 as an official AMA event for 2011. Hopefully the indoor board will vote to allow it in.
Thermix
Don D.
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From: freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Warthodson_at_aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:41 PM
To: freeflightml_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freeflightml] turbulators
Sergio,
Thanks for the very clear explaination. It all makes sense & I am beginning to think experimenting with turbulators in this application may be a waste of time.
The A6 rules require a minimum 1/16" square leading & trailing edge. I have tried rotating the square leading edge 45 degrees from that shown in your diagram. This gives a more streamlined leading edge but I cannot say if it is better or worse. I guess I could also build a tapered leading edge as long as it was large enough to contain a 1/16" square.
Gary Hodson
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