Re: Exact Builder of Model Rule

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:42:28 -0000

Thanks, Don.

So what if someone offered an LPP kit with preformed blades that needed to be attached to a spar? Would that be legal because it is part of the kit?

And AMA and scale events - yeah, I guess I don't know what happened in the intervening 30 years I've been away.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Don Slusarczyk <don@...> wrote:
>
> I can tell you my interpretation:
>
> */In the case of rubber-powered models (excluding Indoor duration
> models), commercially available balsa, plastic, and hardwood propellers
> may be used./*
>
> To me it means that for any AMA listed indoor duration classes the use
> of a commercially available balsa, plastic, and hardwood propellers is
> not legal. So the intent as I read it is that you have to build your
> own prop, you can not go out and buy one. The only indoor AMA event that
> allows an exception I can think of is EZB where it says:
>
> */19.2.9. Propeller. The propeller blades shall be constructed entirely
> from wood, with the following exception: Special novice or beginner
> events can be set up for local competition by permitting the use of
> plastic commercial/**/propellers, provided advance notice is given in
> /**/contest announcements./**
> *
>
> As far as scale models go, there are no AMA indoor scale classes anymore
> (at least that I am aware of) there use to be AMA Peanut and Flying
> Rubber Scale (events 505 and 507) but they were removed from the indoor
> section when the 2011-2012 rules were published and those event numbers
> no longer are listed in the complete event listing so they must have
> been deleted. The scale classes flown indoor generally are FAC events
> and they have their own set of rules.
>
> Don S
>
>
>
>
>
> > Could a CD explain to me what exactly the (excluding Indoor models)
> > refers to?
> >
> > Is it a blanket outlawing of balsa, plastic and hardwood propellers?
> > So a scale model that has a duration component cannot use a plastic
> > propeller?
> >
> > I guess I just don't understand the intent here.
> >
>
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