Re: Bostonians and No-Cals

From: Don Slusarczyk <don_at_slusarczyk.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:10:58 -0400

On 6/12/2012 2:47 AM, Don DeLoach wrote:
>
> But would it not open up the field to more than just one or two top
> designs? Which is the point.
>
> Why do you assume I want to legislate sport flyers into the winner's
> circle? Of course the best flyers will always win. Changing
> /perception/ is far more important. The average guy want to look at an
> event and see a) a variety of models represented and b) a reasonable
> set of rules that they can build to and c) a reasonable chance of
> doing at least close to the middle of pack in duration.
>

These two statement kind of don't work together for me. One or two top
designs will be the winners models and the average guy will already fall
to the middle of the pack because no matter what they build they will
still be the middle of the pack. The current rules satisfy A (you can
fly what you want now), B (rules are very simple), and C (anyone has
that chance now). All you will really do is change the name of the model
used as the top one or two designs. Right now the Hoslery Fury and
Cassut are the top two at 6.2gr. So 60 sq inches _at_4-5 gr, then Fikes and
Lacey will be the new top dogs. Same problem as before now just
different planes. The "perception" change will only last until the new
top dog model is found which is at most 2 years, then right back to
where it was. That is where we are now. That is why I suggested adopting
the no weight restriction as the rules are written then you can have
models of all weight flying with each other, a 6 gram Hosler will
perform about the same as a 2 gram Cardinal as the wing is so much
smaller and people can build anything in between.

Don S
Received on Tue Jun 12 2012 - 00:11:09 CEST