Re: Survey of U.S. F1D fliers before 55 cm rules change

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:38:10 -0000

Hi Brett.

I suspect that it forced innovation in design. We went from a 50 minute flight with 1 gram to 42 minute flight with 0.6 grams. Which represents a jump from 50 to 70 minutes if my math is correct. And this with less wing area! This is a substantial improvement overall.

I liked F1D the way it was. I like F1D the way it is now too though.

But like Jake, I'm pretty sure my reaction to 0.4 grams Rubber will not be positive initially. However we would adapt and maybe long for those 90cm models of yore and get over it eventually. And you will likely be pushing 30 minutes in short order with the changed rules and the rest of us will still be scrambling to keep up.

Regards.
Mike Kirda

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Brett Sanborn <brett.d.sanborn@...> wrote:
>
> Kang are you implying that the 0.6 g rubber ended up being a positive thing
> to happen to F1D?
>
> Brett
Received on Fri Feb 07 2014 - 12:38:13 CET