Good thoughtful comments Tim... takes an Aussie to think outside the
square... F1D changes will bring innovations to the sport... might
even tempt me to step up from F1Ls
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Subject:[Indoor_Construction] Re: Details and background
Hello Andras - thank you for compiling this response regarding the
F1D rules issue.
I was reading an old Aeromodeller article the other day that
mentioned a competition at Debrecen Tech College in 1960 - one year
before the first W/Chs - and one year before I was born :-)
As a great fan of the history of this discipline, I know that those
involved over many years as flyers, organisers, volunteers etc all
want to see it continue.
I feel very privileged to have flown and represented my country at
Belgrade and Slanic - I would like to fly at Lakehurst or Tustin one
day also! (just a suggestion)
It would be good for those involved to imagine where the F1D
aircraft might be in say 5 or 10 years. Does the rubber weight
continue to go down and the frame go heavier? What does success look
like in the near future?
One of my flying buddies back here in Aus asked me what were the big
innovations at Slanic 2014 - what was new...
I thought for a while and said... well I didn't notice anything
that different... same shapes, same rubber, a bit more carbon
creeping in... winding harder to get to the ceiling of course. But
maybe there is room for some innovation and change to stimulate
thinking.
I am hearing that the active flyers would all like to be involved in
what the sport looks like in the future and don't want it to die.
On a similar (OT) topic, I had a long conversation with Ivan Treger
while in Slanic. And might give magnet steered gliders a go too.
cheers Tim