For clarification, I'm referencing the 2012 Victor Cup of Belgrade contest.
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Nick Ray <lasray_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, we flew F1D, F1M, F1R and Minstick concurrently
> during the Victor Belgrade contest.
>
> The pre-contest is usually more about allowing foreign flyers to trim and
> adjust to the site than it is about competing. Maybe the organizers are
> trying to cut down on the congestion in the air at West Baden.
>
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 1:51 PM, William Gowen wdgowen_at_gmail.com
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
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>> I think this was a bad idea. If you want to allow other models it should
>> have been F1M.
>>
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>> 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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