WC semi's Day 5

[John Ferrell]

Thanks for the explanation.
BTW, a US Nickle (coin) weighs 5 grams by definition. It comes in handy once 
in a while...

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy A. Newman" <troy_newman at msn.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: WC semi's Day 5


> 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>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> 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
>> http://DixieNC.US
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Troy A. Newman" <troy_newman at msn.com>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: WC semi's Day 5
>>
>>
>>> 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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