Re: Beginner events and why they're hard for beginners

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:55:16 -0400

I'll have to find another hobby!
On Sep 7, 2012 12:51 PM, "Bill Carney" <wcarneyjx_at_comcast.net> wrote:

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> IMHO The way to make Beginner events successful is to prohibit Experts
> from flying them. Simple rule, if you fly the beginner event you don't fly
> any others.
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> Bill Carney
> That Florida Indoor Guy
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> *From: *"olbill61" <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
> *To: *"Indoor Construction" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent: *Friday, September 7, 2012 12:43:10 PM
> *Subject: *[Indoor_Construction] Beginner events and why they're hard for
> beginners
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> I may be stepping on Kang's toes a little here but he and I had almost the
> exact same thought about a way to make beginner events easier. Since I
> thought of it yesterday I'm adopting it as my idea.
> The rules for LPP, F1L, EZB and A6 say the MS has to be solid wood and in
> different ways and to different extents pretty much rule out any sort of
> bracing. Making a MS work correctly and not weigh too much is one of the
> hardest parts of building any of these models. It's a part of building that
> requires the most care in wood selection and building experience. It's
> probably one of the main reasons why experienced flyers have such an edge
> in these events.
> So this may be blasphemy but why not pick one or two of these events and
> say that the MS still has to be solid wood but you can brace it. The
> bracing could be limited to thread or wood or you could just leave it open
> for people to experiment with.
> The people who have successfully conquered the MS problem wouldn't have to
> change anything and would probably still win but the beginning flyers would
> have a much better chance of building a flyable model to the minimum weight.
> I've seen a few beginning indoor flyers who have spent a lot of time
> building a model but just get really demoralized when they couldn't make it
> fly. Having this type of experience is not good for keeping people
> interested.
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Received on Fri Sep 07 2012 - 09:55:17 CEST