I think this was a bad idea. If you want to allow other models it should
have been F1M.
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:11 AM, leop_at_lyradev.com [Indoor_Construction] <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> I read with some interest the comments, on this forum and others and
> through private email, on my post for the F1D Junior model. I would like
> to repeat and expand on three points from my original post.
>
> 1.) This is not a new class. The plane and the plans are for an F1D class
> plane. The plane is just not designed and built to the full dimensional
> and technical limits of the rules.
>
> 2.) I designed this plane for the young people who I mentor. Thus, they
> get the necessary instruction and help needed to progress in all the indoor
> skills, including building, set up, and flying. This is my way of
> introducing these young people (and some not so young people, too) to
> higher performance models. Of course, there are other ways to do the same
> things. BTW, I mentioned the use of boron as an option as boron techniques
> are important to learn. The plane can built and flown well with no boron
> (my personal plane and those of the local girls, as yet, have no boron).
>
> 3.) I seldom publish plans for the planes I design. A few people, after
> seeing my personal F1D Jr. model, asked for the plans and I did give out
> the outline plans as well as a bill of materials and any notes that I wrote
> up for the young people I mentor. This led to people asking if they could
> fly the model in the F1D only Jim Richmond Open contest the weekend before
> the 2018 Indoor World Championship at West Baden. With further thought,
> the organizers came to the conclusion the such a "simplified" F1D would
> allow many others to be able to fly in the JRO. The Spring West Baden
> contest has always been open to all model classes but this year, the
> contest is F1D only. The intent of promoting the F1D Jr type design is to
> have a plane that those who usually attend the Spring West Baden contest,
> those who will come as timekeepers, and any others who will attend to
> honor Jim can build in the next four months. The design provides a quick,
> easy, and inexpensive path to take part in the JRO. This is, by far, the
> main reason for publishing the plans.
>
> I hope to see everyone at the JRO next March. Jim Richmond is a great
> flier and a nice guy, too. He will, even at 90 years of age, out fly us
> all next March
>
> Good air to all, LeoP
>
>
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