--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Don DeLoach" <ddeloach@...> wrote:
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> Actually this sounds like yet another experts' event that will do nothing to
> make indoor more appealing. >>
Agreed. But neither did I realize (and still don't) that the configuration of any new event X is supposed to "make indoor more appealing" to a measurable degree. For some of us, indoor FF itself is already appealing. A proposed event should rise or fall based on its own merits, and "appeal to newcomers" (if that's what you are talking about) is but one merit among many. Another merit factor is what niche an event is trying to fill. In this case, 1/2 A Indoor may be too close in concept to 35 CM. But it--along with any other proposal--should have the right to try, to die, to defy....
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> How many guys have the skills to roll a tube that small or build a VP prop
> that small? And how many have 3# wood?!>>
90% of the 3 lb wood I have is useless, and so far 100% of it is unnecessary. But sure, 1/2A would NOT be a "Now-Isn't-This-Easy/Fun" type event. Such "need" seem to be available in yet another easy-build proposal I recently reported--the "Build Wally Miller's First EZB," the 1.97 gram model using required 3/32 sticks. Does such make indoor "more appealing?" To those who find such models appealing, yes it does. (And in this case, the concept "nostalgia" itself is a selling merit.)
Wanna hear about my latest Personal Indoor Class? Teeheehee, "Bathroom Stick" I recently built, the idea is not going to go far, or anywhere. 3.5" x 1.25" wing, which is 1/2 the span and 1/2 chord of a ministick, Prototype weighs .071g (71 mg) as a bipe, and that weight seems overbuilt. The second wing seemed necessary because one STRAND of .012" rubber overpowered it, and still does now. So, flies 1:45 to 2 minutes after holding her still to spin off the first 40-50% of available turns. Therefore not practical for others, since .012-,013" rubber is the smallest a Harlan or Oppegard can easily cut. Neither tiny rolled tubes, nor VP, nor 3 lb wood were needed, and probably never would be an advantage.
Event configuration issues (expert vs newcomer) have little to do with "the death of Indoor" if thats what you're again implying. In worrying about this issue--we are shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.
MB
Received on Thu Oct 07 2010 - 23:05:05 CEST
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