Re: Re: John Cawthorne

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:38:54 -0500

One possible advantage of events running for two days is that people who
can't commit to the whole 5 days might be able to catch an extra event. I
could miss Wednesday and still fly 35cm on Thursday if I wanted to try 35
(or F1D).
On Jan 3, 2013 10:26 PM, "John Kagan" <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tom wrote:
> >
> > John,
> > 35 cm is flown on Wed and Thurs but Int Stick with longer flight times
> (hopefully) only flown on Wed. ?
> >
>
> That's actually one of the last tweaks we are debating. I want a set of
> weight compatible events on Wednesday that will utilize the long day. The
> events chosen are light, and lightly participated.
>
> However, a concern is that if we have too many events in one day, it will
> be difficult for the people who fly all the events. A couple of people fly
> all the Wednesday events listed. Personally, I like to choose one event per
> timeslot, and rearranging the schedule gives me the opportunity to try to
> new categories.
>
> A proposed compromise is to run another event across both days.
>
> Intermediate Stick is one possibility. I like that one because, just like
> I think F1M should be allowed through natural selection to replace PP, F1D
> ought to be allowed to replace Int. Stick. Int Stick used to be a great
> stepping stone to F1D, but now it is very close to being the same thing.
>
> 35cm is another option. That one has the same FAI best 2 flights out of 6
> as F1D, so there is an argument to running it concurrent with F1D.
>
> We don't have a strong preference one way or the other yet.
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>
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