Don Slusarzyk! Glad you didn't quit the list after all. How are you?
Interesting letter, thanks for posting.
Anytime you defend AMA A-6 I get a chuckle, because you were one of the staunchest opponents when I submitted the original proposal to AMA.
What would Clarence Mather say about the other loopholes in AMA: VPs and biplanes?
DD
> On Aug 21, 2016, at 6:08 PM, don_at_slusarczyk.com [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Actually Clarence Mather, the creator of A-6, wrote the following in a letter published in the 2002-2005 Winning Indoor designs in regards to tandems.
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> " Perhaps it would have been better not to limit the area of the stab. As Dave suggests, tandems might be fun to experiment with. The added weight of the large “second” wing might cancel out the added lift, because the rear wing cannot produce as much lift as the front."
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> Read his whole letter on page 9
> https://indoornewsandviews.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/winning-indoor-designs.pdf
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Received on Thu Sep 01 2016 - 14:34:21 CEST