Bill is right. The biplanes and VP props will come to A-6 and when they do
we'll be creating a "Limited A-6."
It is a shame this happened, especially after all of the careful polling
that was done (here and by email and phone calls) regarding the creation of
an official A-6 rules set.
Don D
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From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Gowen
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:50 AM
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: A - 6 National Rules
I've been trying to avoid commenting on the A6 rules but I can't resist any
longer. The original rules proposal had a very tight, carefully crafted set
of rules that would have restricted the A6 class to the way that most people
understood the original concept. VP's would not have been allowed, biplanes
would not have been allowed and large stabs (like mine) would not have been
allowed. But in the last round of voting a cross proposal was introduced
that removed all of those restrictions. I'm not sure why this was done or
why so many of the indoor board members voted for it (I didn't) but that's
the set of rules that we are now governed by.
As has been said about other sets of rules "if it doesn't say you can't then
you can". It will be interesting to see what happens to A6 as a result of
this dumbing down of the rules.
On 5/18/2011 7:14 AM, izgo wrote:
Hi,
By reading A-6 rules, seems a vp hub with flat blades propeller is valid.
There is a limit on special materials, but balsa, music wire and nylon
screws arent any special and are enought for a vp hub.
26.6. The propeller shall be 6" maximum diameter with flat blades from balsa
no thinner than 1/32".
Thanks for link Fred.
Ignacio
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<mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com> , Fred or Judy Rash
<mailto:frash_at_...> <frash_at_...> wrote:
>
> A-6 rules at
> http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/2011-2012IndoorFreeFlight.pdf on page
> IND-10.
>
> There is no requirement on prop shaft size. Don't use 1/32" if you have
> 0.010" to 0.012". <Grin>
>
> Fred Rash
>
> On 5/17/2011 6:02 PM, calgoddard wrote:
> >
> > Does the 30 square inch maximum only apply to the wing, or does it
> > apply to the total area of the wing and the horizontal stabilizer? For
> > example, would a wing having a projected area of 10" span by 3" chord
> > be legal assuming the plane has a stabilizer of, for example, 4" span
> > by 2" chord?
> >
> > Sorry for asking such a fundamental question, but the A - 6 National
> > Rules are somewhat ambiguous in this area.
> >
> >
>
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