Re: F1D rules change proposal

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:29:34 +0200

On 07-Feb-14 16:48, Nick Ray wrote:
> F1M has been thrown around to some extent as a full technology
> alternative to F1D. I think it's worth mentioning that F1M draws
> considerably fewer participants than F1D. This discrepancy may be due
> fact that there are currently no world championships for F1M.
> Nevertheless, it may also be due to the fact there is something about
> a higher performance model that draws participants into F1D.

Thus in the US. Here in Finland we have a healthy participation in F1M,
and only a few fliers in F1D. I keep trying to push the F1M lot towards
F1D, and they keep claiming that they do not want to even try F1D, as it
is so extensively difficult, and persist on flying F1M as it is
"manageable". I then claim that in Romania even 12 year old kids fly
F1D, and they look back to me as if I was insane....

So my point is that it all boils down to culture, and tradition.



-Tapio-
Received on Fri Feb 07 2014 - 07:29:37 CET