If there is genuine concern about this issue then a proposed rule
should be drawn up, discussed, massaged, modified, etc. until the
majority of indoor fliers are comfortable with it. Note that I didn't
say that everyone had to think it was ideal and/or perfect. It just
needs to be acceptable to most of us.
Then it needs to be submitted as a rule change proposal and voted on by
the Indoor Board. I think passage would be very likely.
Personally I like Mark's idea for a BOM rule. I would expand the allowed
materials to include carbon laminates and pultrusions - partly because a
number of my models would be illegal if carbon pultrusions were illegal.
I think these should be considered as "raw materials" in the same way
that boron fibers are considered "raw materials".
As for VP hubs my feeling is that most people oppose allowing bought
hubs. I'm on the fence about this. One possible problem is that bought
hubs seem to be legal or at least semi-legal in other parts of the world.
On 10/23/2012 1:12 PM, Mark F1diddler wrote:
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>
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Jake Palmer
> <82.jake_at_...> wrote:
>
> The only place I see this rule being problematic is carbon fiber. I
> use pultruded carbon fiber for the yoke in my VP mechanism. The rule
> you're proposing would force me to buy carbon fiber tow and add resin
> to make >>
>
> As implied in response to Tapio, factory made prepreg carbon should be
> regarded as a "building material." For example, boron also has two
> manufactured parts to it (the inner core of tungsten or carbon and the
> outer crystallizations of boron.) But it's obviously a "raw material"
> for our purposes. Under my BOM, however, you could not buy a carbon
> Tregor VP screw holder, assuming he uses adhesive and doesn't just
> bend prepreg around a form (which would be legal.) Come to think, it
> all should be allowed except for competition.
> Thanks for considering,
> MB
>
>
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