FAI Weight Thread

[Tom Simes]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:54:17 -0800
"Doug Cronkhite" <seefo at san.rr.com> wrote:

> I agree with what was said earlier that electrics suffer from a
> definition problem more than anything else. I personally like changing
> the weight limit for F3A to a 'wet' limit but with a change such that
> no existing airframe combinations suddenly become illegal. That would
> be counter-productive at best, and outright stupid at worst.

Ironically, if the weight limit is changed to a 'wet' limit, I would
imagine that the next evolution in battery technology will push the top
tier pilots into electrics to remain competitive - thus obsoleting the
current slimer crop anyway.  Energy density and charge/discharge rates
in batteries are evolving much faster than those of methanol ;-)

Just by way of illustration (if true deals with charge rates as opposed
to power density, but the evolution point remains):

http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=546&ResLibraryID=8234&GoTopage=1&Category=24

-- 
Tom - slimer pilot who flies like jello on a plate anyway...

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