[SPAM] Re: *SPAM* Re: Rules Survey

[John Pavlick]

Here's my 2C: Whatever the weight limit is - make "Ready to fly" mean what
is says: Full tank of fuel, fully charged battery, etc. That way we won't
argue about technicalities.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


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  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
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  Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:49 PM
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  I remember DIck Hanson weighing in (a little pun there) on this subject.
He said if there was no weight limit, he'd be designing a 1,600 square inch
biplane to fit the 2M box. It's never ending. Something in the rules is
always the limit that will drive cost to achieve an edge.  If people are
worried about cost, a 90 size plane is competitive in the first 3 classes.
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    Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:24 PM
    Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: *SPAM* Re: Rules Survey


    I agree with Bill.  We can keep all the other parameters but raise the
weight limit to allow the use of a gas engine. Besides I already have a
ZDZ40 ;>)

    Gas engines are powerful, easy to tune, once set you almost never have
to touch the needles, last forever, and are very reliable.  Gives the lower
classes one less thing to worry about.  Not to mention gas is one heck of a
lot cheaper than fuel.  The initial cost is comparable to a top of the line
YS.

    If a guy is going to move up to FAI he is probably going to buy a new
rig (every year) anyway so, as long as we stay close to the FAI specs, I
don't see how we are diverging in a drastic way.

    But, I am a newbie to pattern and don't know all the arguments for both
sides of the issue.

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