35 cm and EZB are about pushing the limits. The moment you add a minimum weight, you've kinda ended the point of the event.
We already have an EZB event for those who don't like wood selection to reach the point of insane--F1L. I've said before that if you put a minimum weight on EZB, one of those two classes will die the death.
35 cm has been reasonably popular in general...let's leave it alone.
Now let's get back to the topic. That dragonfly is some amazing engineering. What kind of control system are they using on it?
-Joshua Finn
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Don Slusarczyk <don@...> wrote:
>
> The race to the "bottom" for EZB is a much different thing than for 35cm
> due mainly to rule differences in construction. The issues with EZB that
> are difficult to overcome are due to constructions restrictions, you
> need 3.5# wood for props as the rules require all balsa blades, you need
> excellent strength sub 4# wood for motor sticks and tailbooms and or
> wing spars due to no bracing. This is not as much an issue with 35cm.
> You do not need to make 50 motor sticks and test to find the best 2 or
> 3. You just roll a tube for the motorstick and tailboom. No need to
> finds super wing spar wood as you can simply brace a wing instead of
> flying unbraced. Props can be built up so the use of sub 4# on the prop
> is no longer that big of a deal. Plus 35cm has no chord restriction so
> it allows experimentation/freedom with wing area/model size and final
> flying weight. Weight limit with only span restriction will eventually
> lead to longer fat chord models (like how F1M looks compared to how a
> Limited Pennyplane looks at the same weight). Same thing happened with
> nocal, the weight limit plus wingspan only limit equaled Hosler Fury
> (long model with wide chord wing).
>
> Don S
>
>
>
> > I find that the race to the "bottom" leads to an event becoming
> > obsolete. I think the evidence supports this point.
> >
> > In no minimum weight limit events, a low flying weight will trump all
> > other factors. In my opinion, this reduces the multi-facted challenges
> > of indoor free flight into a very narrow activity.
> >
> > I think F1D is a very good example of a complex and challenging event
> > that has a reasonable minimum weight (1.2g). Building true and stiff
> > is as important as building light.
> >
>
Received on Wed Apr 03 2013 - 10:20:25 CEST
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