Mid Air Question

[Terry Terrenoire]

AMEN! Ron. You said exactly what I was going to. Evidently, CDs think
alike!

Terry T.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:02:20 -0600 Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
writes:
> 
> 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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