An Overwhelming Weight - A Heavy Message

[Nat Penton]

Chuck, we can probably handle it. You know, it costs NASA over $10,000 to 
shed a pound <G>.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hochhalter" <cshochhalter at sbcglobal.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: RE: An Overwhelming Weight - A Heavy Message


> Bob, I agree with you here completely! FAI is the driving force in our 
> hobby
> and we are all pawns in this great game.  I will find a way to reduce the
> weight of my plane and for all, I did know it was overweight when 
> purchased
> but the deal was sweet and I know that CD's do not enforce the weight rule
> at contests.  I have flown an Aries and fell in love with it.
>
> Bob, thanks for the plane.  Wayne.. you got time to build a set of 
> wings???
>
> Nat, I will be looking for you at the first contest with $50 to lose a lb!
>
> Mark, Richard, Mike, Jim, Martin and all Dist. 6 Intermediate pilots good
> luck this year and Mark, if you aren't going to NATS... MOVE UP!!!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chuck Hochhalter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Bob Pastorello
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:57 PM
> To: NSRCA
> Subject: An Overwhelming Weight - A Heavy Message
>
> Over the past several days, I have exchanged messages with many of you on
> this burdening issue of mass....I have read every note, every thread, 
> every
> pun (and fat joke), and I for one, have come to Resolution of the Issue.
>
> It is a Matter of Mass.  And Momentum.
>
> The leaders of the game - the "big dogs" - "the Professionals" - the
> "Serious Competitor" *are* (for good or ill) THE folks that drive the 
> game.
> Whether we like that, or not, (I have come to learn), is a very personal
> perspective of absolutely NO value on this issue.
>
> Until the 99%, or the 88%, or the 77% make the decisions about what
> equipment is used in the game, we are undeniably at the mercy of
> "advancement".  "Change".  "Improvement". "Pushing the envelope".
> "Innovation".  The label does not matter; the effect is the same.
>
> IF we make changes to the rules that permit MORE of "anything" (weight,
> size, engines, or "maneuver specific design airframes") we are resigning
> ourselves to a fruitless chase of an unachievable status quo. 
> Unachievable
> because the target is always moving.
>
> FAI moves the target **For Us**.  I am now convinced.  Whether we agree,
> want it to, or don't, it does not matter....what we do is driven by FAI, 
> and
>
> that's the way it will be.
>
> We are incapable of separation, because too many of us believe that "it's
> all good".  And that means we are destined to resolutely tag along
> permitting the tail to wag the dog....The One Percenters Rule....and  I'm
> now resolved to it.
>
> Therefore, I will not support changes of any kind to the current rules
> regarding size or weight.  To do so risks opening the floodgates of
> additional costs, complexity, time, and energy.
>
>            And the game is tough enough as it is.
>
> Thanks to all of you who have helped illuminate this issue so clearly for
> me.  Your erudite analysis has overpowered my logic and common sense.
>    You all will hear no further from me on this issue.
>
> Bob Pastorello
> NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
> rcaerobob at cox.net
> www.rcaerobats.net
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