Re: Re: New event ay USIC

From: Ken Achee <ken_at_achee.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:43:01 -0500

How much different is it from the Lew Gitlow Easy B? I used wood and cond.
paper from one of those for A-6 this year but I still have the plans.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:24 PM, leop12345 <leop_at_lyradev.com> wrote:

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> Maybe I am reading the latest INAV incorrectly but I do not see a
> prohibition on microfilm in the 2011 EZ-B One-Design rules. To quote the
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> "You will have to build the model to the exact parameters of the original
> plans, with the exception of the covering. You may use mylar of your
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> I read this as allowing mylar to be substituted for microfilm as specified
> in the plans and not prohibiting microfilm. Perhaps we need to have Abram
> clarify his intent since it is his money people will be competing for. By
> the way, according to the write up by Wally Miller in the same INAV, the
> microfilm used in the original model was made from (nitrocellulose?) dope
> and castrol oil. Perhaps Sig's Nitrate Dope would substitute for the older
> dope and an exact copy of the original can be made by those who so desire.
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> Good air,
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> Leo
> Bloomington IN
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_...> wrote:
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> > I don't understand the prohibition against microfilm. The weight
> advantage isn't that much and it seems a skill we should cultivate rather
> than legislate out of existence.
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> > --- On Tue, 9/21/10, Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_...> wrote:
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> > From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_...>
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> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] New event ay USIC
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 5:55 PM
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> > To those who have received the latest INAV, what do you think of Abram
> Van Dover's event proposal? He's instituting a one-design original 1960
> Wally Miller "Easy-B" contest. $100 first place prize! (And cash down to 3rd
> place.) He stresses the only design exception is covering--no microfilm
> allowed, as the 1960 Easy-B was mic covered.
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> > I wonder about the single hole prop hanger--wonder if there's a
> workaround for that.
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