Produce Bags Rule - Re: A-6 proposal

From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:26:38 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Don Slusarczyk <don@...> wrote:
> And how will a person prove their airplane is actually covered with such weighted film? Process your model and a covering sample as well?>>

Nope. Message 7055, "surrender (covering sample) to anyone
who cares enough." This may or may not occur at "processing." In 70% of the contests I have attended, then is no processing anyhow. Ever been to Kibbie Dome? Nothing is checked except F1d, thanks, I suppose, to FAI.

<<If a newbie wants to use grocery store plastic then fine, but why limit the "pros" to such a restriction?>.

By your account, the C-paper covering "pro" gains strength (compared with same weight plastic), so if he thinks .300g/100sq" C-paper is a limitation, too bad, be happy, that's about the lightest paper anyhow, and he gains strength. (Or she, let's be hopeful. :^))

<<This whole debate is starting to seems to me people have good flying planes in their model boxes and >>

Maybe so. But who is guaranteed to replace them?

<<But that brings me back to
> why does it have to be an AMA event anyhow?>>

My misgiving too. Maybe neither of us really have a stake here. I would love to see ONE event reserved for something that works for outright newcomers, the eager type. Yet those who have exceled in A6 want to see ONE event reserved for paper and posterity and the fact "it has worked so far."
Mark F1diddler
Received on Thu Feb 04 2010 - 21:27:39 CET