WC semi's Day 5

[Troy A. Newman]

The report was that rain was involved. I guess its been pretty wet there all 
week. Perhaps its a case of the model getting rained on maybe even in 
flight. The numbers I saw the model was 4999g at check in or perhaps it was 
before the flight?...and after the flight was 5010 g.

If flying in the rain or sitting in the ready box getting rain could change 
the weight of the model 11g really easy. And this might not be the fault of 
the pilot and falls under the rule of conditions outside the pilots control. 
Then again playing roulette with the weight rule is the pilots fault!
Who knows....but I bet there was and or will be protests regarding the 
results...however even with the penalty he was not in the top 10 so its 
almost a mute point anyway.

I regularly see about a 1-1.5oz increase in weight going from dry air in the 
west to the humid air of Muncie...and this is on my own scales both at home 
and in Muncie... 1oz is about 28g.

Troy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: WC semi's Day 5


>I thought weight was a deal breaker, go/NoGo. How do they figure the 
>penalty?
>
> John Ferrell
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: WC semi's Day 5
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>
>> also #18 Drack (Swiss) got a  penalty in rd 1 of semi's report is model 
>> was over weight after this round.
>>
>> Note to all it appears they are weighing the models coming off the flight 
>> line to make sure they are legal. Especially the electric models as they 
>> can change batts and get the weight lower without removing anything from 
>> the airframe.
>>
>> good Luck Jason and Chip Keep it coming! A new contest for you guys 
>> tomorrow. Kick some tail.
>>
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