Re: BOM rule - was:: Ready-made VP at World Champs

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:59:44 -0500

I don't have a dog in this hunt. I just think that the WC is a really bad
place for the decision to be made. The question has been asked for years.
Why hasn't the FAI had the guts to rule one way or the other?

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:14 PM, john_kagan_at_hotmail.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Hi Bill,
>
> I argue the exact opposite. This is about enforcing an existing rule. The
> WC is not the place to allow a clear violation. There may be debate over a
> moulded carbon tube, but nobody can honestly say that a VP hub doesn't
> involve a significant amount of building
>
> Your concern is with people who may be planning to bring purchased hubs to
> compete with, but there are also people who built their own. Should they be
> forced to compete against models that don't comply with the rules? The time
> they spent building hubs could have been used for other purposes, such as
> test flying or making motors
>
> If someone wanted to compete with purchased hubs, they should have worked
> to change the BOM rule long before now
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Received on Tue Mar 06 2018 - 22:00:07 CET