Avoidance Rule

[gene.maurice at attbi.com]

Not flying because of some condition that occurs in nature is the equivelant of 
playing football indoors. It ain't real football!!!

OR.........

If god had intended us to avoid the forces of nature he would have called 
pattern "Free Flight - Indoor". Boy, isn't that exciting!!!

--
Gene Maurice
gene.maurice at attbi.com
NSRCA 877
AMA 3408
> I understand this discussion if it made mid-airs less frequent, but look 
> at the numbers first prior to really putting something in that slows down 
> a contest or adds other inconvenience.
> This is my personal experience. I have seen 3 mid airs at a contest in 4 
> years. On the AVERAGE we have 25 flyers at 6 rounds per contest, 6 
> contests per year. That is 3600 flights/3 mid airs or 0.08%.
> 
> No one likes to lose a plane ( happened to me during practice-it was 
> Lance's fault and that makes me feel better) but no one likes to drive to 
> a contest and not get a maximum of flights in either. Calling out 
> avoidance and bailing just does not seem to work with me, as Lance 
> mentioned if you are gonna hit it will be a big surprize-no one can call 
> you off in time. The reality probably is that at an I MAC event if someone 
> bailed they were close but not really going to hit. The argument about 
> lots more money does not work either because of the time required to build 
> a plane outweighs the cost(for most). Also if money was a legitimate 
> argument then since pattern planes only cost $2-3K instead of $5-6K IMAC 
> then we could accept the risk. Pattern contests in D6 always try to run 
> rapid and smooth where as the IMAC guys are allowed to land and re-fuel 
> after round 1-still on the clock, then go up for round 2. They just do not 
> seem to be as concerned about packing in the flights. The "weather" reason 
> is strange too as if lightning or something appear the CD would shut down 
> (except Gene-he most likely would yell "stay out there you weenie.....you 
> need to learn to fly in all conditions")-not the call of the flyer. If it 
> got "dangerously windy" or something else-geeez its a hobby....dump the 
> round and save your stinkin' plane-once again if the flyer could make this 
> call it could wreak havoc and even spur on momentum to increase the weight 
> limit or some other sensitive rule-issue(thats a dry joke!).
> 
> Consider yourself a soldier-Take the Patton attitude, some of you are 
> gonna die, ( or the Full Metal Jacket attitude "better you than me") the 
> rest of us live patternly happily after ever.
> 
> And NO I do not think I am Karma destined for a mid-air. Statistically 
> speaking I a clear because I already had my mid-air (except for the 
> reality that the statistical facts say my chances for a midair are the 
> same every time I go up at a contest). So I hope-better you than me.
> 
> Have a nice weekend
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Gray Fowler
> Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering
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