Fred
With all due respect I wouldn't support a change in the length for LPP.
I hate the length restriction but the models actually fly really well
and are a lot more efficient than most people give them credit for.
On 1/31/2016 11:20 AM, Fred or Judy Rash frash_at_chartertn.net
[Indoor_Construction] wrote:
>
> Don and All,
>
> Lengthening OAL for LPP and OPP is a good proposed change.
>
> Fred Rash
>
> On 1/31/2016 11:00 AM, Don Slusarczyk don_at_slusarczyk.com
> [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
>>
>> I think any new event needs to vetted at indoor contests before
>> considering deleting any current AMA events. I am not sure if making
>> a rule proposal for a new event and voting on it to be an AMA event
>> is the correct way to see if people like it. Sounds more like
>> throwing stuff to a wall to make it stick. I think the progression
>> should be a new new event is proposed then see if people fly it, work
>> out the rules issues if any come up after a few seasons of flying it,
>> then move on to AMA adoption if appropriate. Some events I think are
>> low participation because they are not flown at any contests.
>>
>> I think an interesting exercise would for people to look at the
>> current AMA list of events and write down why they don't fly a
>> certain event or what the do not like about an event. Perhaps that
>> will lead to some conclusions. For example. I no longer fly Open
>> Pennyplane as to be competitive you need a biplane and I would rather
>> fly a wide chord monoplane but a monoplane needs to be longer and the
>> rules wont allow so a wide chord monoplane has stability issues when
>> very short so I have lost interest in the event. If monoplanes were
>> allowed to be 24" OAL instead of 20" I would probably fly Open
>> Pennyplane again.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On 1/31/2016 10:05 AM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
>>>
>>> Others have pointed out that we have too many events.
>>> Now we have a proposal for adding a new one.
>>>
>>> Maybe we should cull a few that are no longer being flown before
>>> adding new ones.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Don Slusarczyk
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