Re: Indoor CO2 events in USA

From: <joshuawfinn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:30:38 -0000

CO2 is becoming somewhat obscelete in the US because of all the electric systems, but I still see them on scale models now and then. Biggest problem is the expense of the critters. It's also getting hard to make a single-engine CO2 scale job which is competitive with electric scale models in FAC events where multiengine electrics run off maxes like a jog in the park. Even if we see a target time or "flight realism" score system arise, electrics will have the advantage.

Local contests still give CO2 models a chance. Dave Rees was still flying them in small contests when he passed away recently.

Good flying,
Joshua Finn

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "mkirda@..." <mkirda@...> wrote:
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> Maybe back in the 80's... There used to be a CO2 class IIRC.
> I don't recall seeing it in the AMA rulebook recently.
>
> Given the fact that there hasn't been any CO2 motor manufacturers for a while, it is a bit like Jetex back in the 80's... I recall a contest where someone lit, launched to see it sputter and fall to the ground in ~2 seconds. That was one of his official flights. You couldn't get fuel anymore, so you got what you got and used what you had.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
>
Received on Thu Aug 02 2012 - 13:30:39 CEST