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

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:43:39 -0500

I promise not to fly either event!

Actually the F1 MAX leaves me cold. I can't imagine a 15 gram airplane
being a gateway to serious indoor. There is one major appeal though. That's
the fact that a lot of people in Europe are flying it. OTOH a LOT of people
in Europe fly F1N-150. Id like to see some people here trying that class
but I'm not suggesting it as another AMA event.

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 6:33 AM, joshuawfinn_at_gmail.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> 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
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