In my mind indoor has always been about two equally important components; building and flying. If we allow purchased hubs, which are arguably the most complicated part of a model, we are effectively gutting BOM. Why not then allow other purchased sub-assemblies like motor tubes and tail booms, or wings and stabs?
I think a modeler's building skill should factor into the results. Otherwise the only distinctions are who is better at trimming the model and winding the rubber. That will still favor the person that invested more time, but it makes the hobby awfully boring.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, joshuawfinn@... wrote:
>
> Jake, my thinking is that your first paragraph nullifies the issues of your second paragraph. Yeah, I hate the dumbing down thing, but it really doesn't present that much of an issue. By virtue of not being competitive without the knowledge of how to use/modify it, the Treger hub fails to actually dumb down F1D.
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> -Joshua Finn
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Jake Palmer <82.jake@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't view Treger's hub as a threat in competition. If someone isn't
> > willing to invest the time to build a VP, they probably won't invest the
> > time required to be a competitive F1D flier.
> >
> > My problem is the constant desire by some to dumb down this hobby to give
> > it more "mass appeal". The barrier to entry for F1D is lower now than it
> > ever has been. Do we really need to keep dropping the bar?
> >
>
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