Mid Air Question

[Nat Penton]

Bob, I should not have mentioned it. What I had in mind is really not 
practical. You cannot properly fly or judge without a designated box 
Nat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kane" <getterflash at yahoo.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mid Air Question


> 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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