Re: Official indoor rule proposal to adopt P18 an an indoor event now on AMA website

From: <joshuawfinn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 13 Feb 2016 03:33:41 -0800

Can I respond with a generic "we don't have space for another event"?
 

 Really, if we're going to officially sanction a "utter beginner" event, let's pick a good one along the lines of the Romanian "F1 Max Indoor" class (15 g min weight) where these kids can build truly nice flying airplanes from "common hobby shop materials", though I hardly see hobby shops or their materials as common anymore.
 

 If the rebuttal to the above is anything along the lines of "but this event makes it easier for beginners to be competitive", I have to ask how much competitive experience the person asking might have because since I started flying indoor 18 years ago, I've never, ever seen a beginner beat an expert at an indoor contest apart from the expert's model being hung up and/or destroyed, something that is of equal likelihood in all contest categories. If P-18 is adopted as an official event, it'll continue be won by the same experts. At least an F1 Max event would encourage innovation and challenge the participants with models which fly for an extended time. Another problem I see with P-18 is that it will be yet another event with a restricted motorstick length paired with a propeller demanding extremely long motors. That, by definition, is an expert level problem which guarantees difficulty for beginners. Even at my experience level I find it difficult to get an A-6 motor to unwind without doing nasty things. Do we need another "beginner" event with this same problem?
 

 -Joshua Finn
 

Received on Sat Feb 13 2016 - 03:33:42 CET