>
> You might have seen the response to my offer by Donald Slusarczyk
> posted on this site. So, here is the question you need to ask your
> self when you read his response to this offer. How is changing the
> basic specifications to indoor's only event designed for the novice
> indoor flyer going to help this phase of the indoor community grow?
*I fail to see how the growth of the Indoor Free Flight community is
directly based on whether an A-6 is covered with tissue or plastic film.
However, the success of those who have built A-6 models and making them
to weight is directly related to what they are covered with. That is
what this rule proposal addresses. There are already testimonials from
other indoor modelers as to how condenser has made it difficult for
adults and students alike building A-6 models to achieve the minimum
weight. Don't believe me believe them.
I can only surmise from your posed question that your idea as the best
way help the novice indoor community grow is to tie the hands of novices
and deny them the ability to use common indoor materials needed to make
a model down to weight and force them to buy expensive sub 4# wood to
build their A-6 models from? If anything would dissuade the "indoor
community from growing" it would be to tell a novice that to build an
A-6 will require custom ordering $50 worth of sub 4# wood that will
break easily when their novice hands touch it. I think a novice would
prefer to hear that they can build a model with wood from a local hobby
shop and cover it with readily available plastic that they can then use
to cover other indoor models as they progress into other indoor events.
The purpose of this proposal is to give the novice the freedom as well
as those who currently fly A-6 the opportunity to use either tissue or
plastic. For those who love tissue covered A-6, absolutely nothing will
change for them. For those who don't want to waste their 3.8# wood then
they cans use plastic. *
> Changing the specifications to allow a 33% lighter (worse case)
> covering means that the basic structure of the model can now be heavier.
*Exactly! Something we both agree on. A-6 models now need 4# or less
wood to make weight so allowing heavier wood will make it much easier
for novices to find wood at a hobby shop and for them to handle the wood
during building. Do you prefer novices have light wood weak models that
break easily and warp from tissue changes? I fail to see how a tissue
covered weak model is better for a novice than a plastic covered stiff
model made from stronger wood?
*
> This means that the resulting model will be able to carry higher
> torque at launch resulting in higher flight performance. Existing
> national records will be quickly replace by these new rule models.
*Possibly but aren't records are meant to be broken anyhow? How is
setting new records bad? Maybe some novices will be drawn to the event
as they will now be able to build to weight after previously failing.
Also I thought your main concern was in regards to novice modelers and
growing the indoor community? Now the concern is protecting the existing
records of experienced indoor modelers? I think any indoor "expert"
knows an indoor record is only as good until another person comes along
and breaks it. *
>
> The indoor phase of free flight is not enjoying growth.
*This sounds very familiar.......*
> Lower numbers of flyers means that the cost of venues has to be divided
> be a lower number of flyers. This will accelerate the decline of this
> great phase of the hobby.
*So allowing plastic on A-6 will indirectly lead to the demise of Indoor? *
> My offer of free high quality C. paper stands if and only if the
> indoor contest board do not vote to change the A-6 rules as proposed
> in IFF-15-5.
*Why not throw in some 5/99 as well :-) *
> Make sure your board member hears from you as the voting process is
> starting and votes must be at AMA by September 15.
*Yes! Makes sure you board member does hear from you on your opinion.
You all know mine and my reasoning. If you are not sure who your Indoor
Board Member is they are all listed here with email contacts:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/cbmembers.aspx
*
Don Slusarczyk
Received on Fri Sep 05 2014 - 15:50:25 CEST