Re: Re: A program to support and promote F1D in the US (v2018)
On the one hand, finding excellent rubber is another aspect of flying F1D. It seems the most serious competitors have accepted this, and find ways to acquire the best rubber.
On the other hand, that practice could be seen as less than fair to those who are lacking in resources.
The “fairest” solution would be to provide a pound of rubber (or whatever) for competitors to share for the duration of the contest. Everyone is flying on the same batch of rubber. Still, just like everything else in indoor designed to make things “more fair” for all competitors, those who build the best models, and know how to trim those models, will still win. There is also the issue of record setting, as the likelihood of setting records with the modern Tan Super Sport, appears to be less than that of the supreme batches of Tan2.
I for one would not be favor of taking all the effort to build, trim, and fly F1D at the highest level, only to be told that I can’t fly rubber likely to give me a shot at a record.
So this being the internet and all context and tone and all that being non-existent, my statements are simply observations and opinions. Nothing more.
CG
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> On Apr 26, 2018, at 4:46 PM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> There is no answer for this, other than at some point in the not too distant future, May 99 will deteriorate to the point where it is no longer competitive.
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> There will always be rubber that is 1-2% better than other batches. Banning May 99 isn't an answer here.
> And pay attention to other batches too. There was recently a sale on this group of 10/97, the same rubber used to break records in Europe. And it didn't go for hundreds per pound either. There are other batches that are excellent. Find them and use them.
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> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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Received on Thu Apr 26 2018 - 22:32:05 CEST
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