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

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 20:12:23 -0800

Outdoor FF FAI events do not have a BOM rule. Indoor FF FAI events do have
a BOM rule.

On Mar 6, 2018 7:11 PM, "iskandartaib_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction]" <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> I'm sure kits are allowed - attend any Nats and you'll find many kit-built
> models being flown in classes that require BOM. BOM doesn't mean the model
> has to be scratch-built, kits are usually allowed. What was the intent of
> BOM? It goes back to the early days of aeromodelling competition, in the
> 1930s IIRC. The intent was to prevent "daddy-built" models from being
> entered by kids. In one case I read about they actually asked three
> brothers to build a wing on the spot to prove that they could build a
> model. And they did! As far as F1D is concerned - it's an FAI event. Does
> BOM even apply? Forgive my ignorance, I don't fly F1D, and don't know the
> rules, but I do know that very expensive, fully built up Russian and
> Ukrainian models abound in Wakefield and A2 (i.e. F1B and F1A). You even
> see them being used in Indonesia (the models are bought and paid for by
> regional aeromodelling clubs for national level competition). Similarly,
> fully built up (usually Russian) models are used in F2B (CL Precision
> Aerobatics) but NOT allowed in AMA PA competition (at least, not at the
> Nats). The issue of whether to allow ARF models in CL Stunt in the US blew
> up into a full-scale war around 2001-2002.
>
>
> How any of this applies to F1D auto-pitch mechanisms I wouldn't hazard a
> guess... no stake in it myself...
>
>
> Iskandar
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>
Received on Wed Mar 07 2018 - 04:12:26 CET