Mark,
I'm not aware of any indoor kits that include anything more than pre-cut
pieces and hardware. I think if any of the items I mentioned previously
were in a "kit", it would fall well outside the AMA definition of "average
kit".
Jake
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "jakep_82" <82.jake_at_...>
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> >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?>>
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> Jake,
> At the moment, all the above items would be allowed by AMA BOM rule, if,
> IF those items existed within "the average kit." Oh, but also provided you
> spend more than a "few minutes of unskilled effort" toward final assembly.
> So maybe a few minutes of very skilled effort would be perfectly legal, or
> perhaps many minutes of very, very, very unskilled effort would also be
> legal. (sarc., but serious.)
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> Or does "average kit" merely mean average price? Because the first kit
> vendor who put a pre-framed P30 wing in a kit was not "average" at that
> point. Indoor needs to become different from all the above, obviously.
> MB
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