Mid Air Question

[Bob Kane]

Can you elaborate? How would no box prevent mid-airs?


--- Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Ron, I suppose if it were not for providing a "box"
> most sites could provide 
> two independent flight lines.     Nat
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Mid Air Question
> 
> 
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2005, at 1:34 PM, <bdbd at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Here is what I don't get.  Most of these midairs
> were at competitions. It 
> >> would seem to me that the competition
> coordinator/ manager would set up 
> >> the flight lines where there is no interference
> from multiple planes. It 
> >> would seem to me that if the coordinator was held
> accountable for these 
> >> midairs there would be alot fewer incidents. If I
> am flying a $2000 + 
> >> bird I would make dern sure that my plane was in
> no jepardy of a mid air. 
> >> These planes are way to expensive to become
> combat models. If I wanted to 
> >> fly combat I would choose a much cheaper and more
> durable plane.  Why 
> >> don't we spend more time trying to make the
> events safer and less money 
> >> and time building combat planes.
> >
> > First, midairs at contests are not common.  While
> I agree that any midair 
> > is costly, there are other costs to consider. 
> Most fields are not 
> > conducive to having two flightlines set up such
> there there would be no 
> > interference between airplanes.  If a contest is
> held with only one 
> > flightline, either the number of entries would
> have to be limited or the 
> > number of rounds would have to be limited.  For
> example, if contest 
> > management was able to have eight hours of
> competition flying on Saturday 
> > and five on Sunday, based on an average of 10
> minutes per flight, there 
> > would be 78 flights possible over the two days. 
> If you have six rounds, 
> > there could be no more than 13 contestants.  If
> you had 26 contestants, 
> > there could be no more than three rounds.
> >
> > Clubs need to at least break even to convince club
> members to support 
> > hosting a contest.  More contestants are better
> for the club.  Contestants 
> > want to fly as many rounds as possible, since they
> spend the same amount 
> > of money to travel to the contest and pay for
> entry fees, motel charges 
> > and meals, no matter the number of rounds.
> >
> > So, there are shared risks in flying contests with
> two flightlines, but 
> > both the host club and contestants benefit in the
> long run.
> >
> > Ron Van Putte
> >
> >>> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
> >>> Date: 2005/02/16 Wed AM 08:36:54 EST
> >>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >>> Subject: Re: Mid Air Question
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure about the sound AFTER the midair,
> but I imagine the sound 
> >>> BEFORE the midair is something like: "Hay,
> y'all, watch this!". :-)
> >>>
> >>> Bob R.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> rcaerobob at cox.net wrote:
> >>> What sound most frequently is heard following
> the D6 mid-airs??
> >>>
> >>> Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
> >>> rcaerobob at cox.net
> >>> www.rcaerobats.net
> >>>
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