Re: Re: Indoor flying humor and information

From: David Goorskey <david.goorskey_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 07:49:52 -0400

I am hoping to get some of our middle school and high school Science
Olympiad students to practice indoor freeflight over the Summer. We use a
local church gym here in Centerville, Ohio (suburb of Dayton). We would
like to move past Wright Stuff planes. I'm not sure we can get to F1D, but
the other classes might be accessible. I think the next step for us is to
build our own props. Currently, we use Ikara props which are okay for
Science Olympiad, but they can only be 14cm in diameter for SO rules.
Unfortunately, every prop I have tried to make has ended in failure. I
have trouble bending the balsa wood. It always breaks no matter how long I
soak it.

Our problem is that we don't a mentor to help us and teach us how to do the
basic stuff like bending balsa and making props. We build decent planes
(at least for SO rules), but to move beyond SO, we are kind of stuck.

I like the idea of making some kind of local freeflight club. That could
be an avenue to encourage local youngsters (and older folks like myself) to
get involved. There are plenty of RC groups and drone groups, but no
freeflight groups around the Dayton area as far as I know.

David Goorskey

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:04 PM, Chris pseshooter3d_at_yahoo.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Gary, I have absolutely no hopes that SO will use LPP rules. What I am
> suggesting is that we try to bring indoor to middle and high schools as
> something totally separate from SO. The students from neighboring schools
> would then compete against one another in LPP the same way they would in
> track, for example. Basically follow the varsity sport model for indoor
> flying.
>
> That is most likely little more than a dream. To organize something like
> that even at the local level, without the support of an institution like SO
> would be quite a thing.
>
> I do advise an after school aeromodeling club though. Perhaps I could
> talk to teachers at some of the other schools to se if I could get some of
> them on board. A goal for next school year perhaps.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:47 PM, Gary Baughman gjbman_at_bellsouth.net
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> As long as Tom Sanders is involved with SO, there is zero chance that LPP
> rules will be used for SO competition. Tom bills himself as “an Indoor
> Contest Director” but I have never heard of him having an AMA license or of
> flying in AMA indoor competition.
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>
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