Re: Erv Rodemsky Pro/Am LPP

From: john_kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:24:32 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Carl Bakay <carl.bakay@...> wrote:
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> LPP PRO/AM EVENT
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> This is a new event and unclear to many. We will be flying the Pro/Am part Saturday, and the Sportsman flyoff of the amateurs on Sunday.

Yes, the Sportsman LPP on Sunday is simply intended to give the amateurs another opportunity to fly their new planes. It will run concurrently with the regular LPP event, and will not involve any significant prizes, so there should be little incentive for the experts to fly in it. But the opportunity to continue the experience from the previous day has the potential for huge rewards.

I don't feel this Sportsman event has much risk of being a slippery slope toward widespread non-BOM events, though. It doesn't involve a unique model that might entice other fliers. You can't set records in it. There really isn't reason why an "expert" would want to fly in it, regardless of whether they should or shouldn't. And everyone will be flying non-BOM models, so there is no chance of kid's own efforts being trounced by a daddy-built plane.

That said, I strongly believe that BOM is an integral part of Indoor FF outside of this one attempt to attract new participants. Even if a bought VP hub might fall within the guidelines of a BOM rule model, I still wouldn't use it in competition (I did buy one early in my F1D career and had fun test flying it. Also, I do use Harlan bearings, so I guess I have a range between what I find acceptable and what I don't). I guided my children's construction of their LPP's last year, but they did the vast majority of the work themselves - including gluing, handling razor blades and cutting film with a soldering iron. Sure, there are ribs that aren't straight, the film edges are a little ragged, and it definitely took longer than if I had just made the models myself. But it wouldn't have meant the same thing if they hadn't built their own planes.
Received on Fri Feb 12 2010 - 16:24:40 CET