Re: RE: Exact Builder of Model Rule

From: Don Slusarczyk <don_at_slusarczyk.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:34:58 -0500

> Do we mind competing against guys who did not build their own models?
>
Absolutely. As a junior I was quite irritated flying against "daddy"
built models being flown by a kid who was more interested in the RC car
he brought to the indoor nats than flying the plane his dad put in front
of him. So I had to beat the kid and the father. Thankfully my father
gave me a good pep talk on the ride home and it made me put my nose to
the grindstone and "they" never beat me again.

> In scale there should always be a BOM.
>

Not sure how the skill and time time a modeler puts into scale detailing
and painting a scale model is somehow more deserving of a BOM rule than
the skill and time a guy must put into their VP prop hub and building a
F1D? I think they are both equally important to the event and both need
to be respected. One of the main reason I am resisting 55cm F1D is the
pure dependency on the VP prop that the new rules have made. Maybe VP
props should be banned and then no reason to buy a VP hub :-) (I am kidding)

Don S.
Received on Wed Jan 29 2014 - 16:34:52 CET