Pattern memory

[Dean Pappas]

Well, Bob ...
Let me tell you what I remember!
It was a dark and stormy contest. The winds whipped out of the SouthWest, and the clouds were a portent of imminent disaster.
There on the windward horizon appeared a pirate ship: evil black flag flying in the wind, and racing toward us, menacingly.
I was seated with the other magistrate, the Honorable Steve Stricker ... we were witness to the awful spectacle.
 
What really happened? You, Bob, were on a fold-up bicycle, with a black umbrella for a sail, doing about 25 MPH without pedaling. 
I think Steve and I scored you generously for your Straight Flight Out.
 
still grinning
        Dean
 

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Bob Richards
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:16 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: FAI Weight Thread


Yeah, my memory is about as long as my, my,  ........... uh, I forget. :-)
 
Bob. R.


Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:

Hi Bob,
It all happened at once.
 

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Bob Richards
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:37 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: FAI Weight Thread


Dean,
 
I agree 100% about keeping the size down.
 
I may be remembering incorrectly, but I thought the 2m limit preceded the unlimited displacement. If it did, though, it was by only one rules cycle.
 
Bob Richards.


Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:

Remember that the 2M rule happened in the same stroke as the elimination of displacement limits. The sub-committee realized that displacement was the "real" limit back then, and now we have the situation where sometimes it's 2M, and other times it's weight that is the "real" limit. You know ... I think that means that they got it "right" the first time! It's just rough to be one of those guys up against the weight. Designers ... how about some top-notch designs in a 72" span, designed to go like mad with a muffled 140 2-C or 140 FZ?

Deep in my heart, I still want the planes kept small, for cost reasons.



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