Re: Produce Bags Rule - Re: A-6 proposal

From: Don Slusarczyk <don_at_slusarczyk.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:00:28 -0500

Fred,

I had considered proposing to delete Exp. Autogiro as it has never been
flown as far I know in 20 years and it is still listed as a
"provisional" event. In the old days my understanding is that autogiros
flew so bad your flight time was essentially how long before your model
crashed on the floor. So then wings were allowed. If people do not like
the current gyro rules they have had 20 years to fly the other version
of event and I have never seen anyone (with the exception of the guy who
proposed it) fly a wingless version.
 
Don



>
> Don Sulsarczyk,
>
> I was reading the Experimental Autogiro rules recently. I think that
> we should either delete the event, or also permit electric power
> limited to one 10-mAh LiPo cell. Even if we permitted electric, I'm
> not sure that I could make one fly but a smaller prop with lower
> torque would help somewhat..
>
> Revised autogiro rules for the regular event would be desirable since
> the current rules simply give a tandem with some drag added on top.
> Don't get me wrong - I like flying autogiro and was one of the last
> holdouts at the USIC before the event was dropped due to lack of
> participation. The autogiros are visually interesting in flight, but
> everyone knows that the visual effect is misleading. Maybe you did too
> good a job with your rotor system that all of us copied and used! <GRIN>
>
> I do not know how to write better rules for the regular autogiro event.
>
> Fred Rash
>
> *From:* Don Slusarczyk <mailto:don_at_slusarczyk.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2010 5:17 PM
> *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] Produce Bags Rule - Re: A-6 proposal
>
>
>
> If rules can not be agreed upon then passing a half hearted A-6 will be
> a disaster. No one will fly it and they will stick to the non AMA
> version. It will be as popular as "Experimental Autogiro" which was
> passed to eliminate winged autogiros yet no one ever flew it yet it is
> in the rule books for 20 years. .
>
> Don
>
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