[NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing

[Ron Van Putte]

Uhhhh.  What's an "FI" guy?  Front Induction,  Free Ignition, Federal  
Institution, Full Independence, Final Inspection or something else?

Ron VP


On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:46 PM, J Shu wrote:

> In Argentina they actually counted the plugs going into the Rx's  
> and followed the leads. Granted there are probably some planes  
> where you can't see where the leads go, but if you had more plugs  
> than servos (or controller) then you were probably asked to  
> explain. I would imagine the FI guys needed to explain the extra  
> plugs.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
> www.shulmanaviation.com
> www.composite-arf.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing
>
>
>> I am getting a bit impatient with this discussion about size and   
>> weight measurement for everyone's airplanes before competition  
>> and  the conducting of random spot checks.  OK.  Let's do that,  
>> but how  about if we enforce EVERY rule in the rule book.  What  
>> about the  rules against gyros and autopilots?  Shouldn't we also  
>> check every  airplane for them before flying commences?  How about  
>> random spot  checks after flights to make sure no gyros and  
>> autopilots were added  after the original verification?
>>
>> There are other rules already in the rule book that we don't  
>> verify  for compliance..  Do we want to go down that road?  How  
>> about considering competitors as honorable as a start and only  
>> check the  size and weight measurement for the finalists.   
>> Otherwise, we need to  check everyone's airplanes for complying  
>> with all the rules.
>>
>> Ron VP
>>
>> On Aug 4, 2009, at 10:33 AM, rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> If someone wants/needs to "cheat" with an overweight plane, I  
>>> have  no problem letting them.
>>>
>>> If someone wants/needs to "cheat" with preprogrammed sequencing  
>>> or  a larger airframe than 2 X 2 m, a different story
>>>
>>> MattK
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
>>> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 9:50 am
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing
>>>
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>>> I agree, trying to compare ourselves to any other AMA NATS event  
>>> is  a slippery slope. Let's clean our own house and not worry  
>>> about  anybody else.
>>>
>>> Since I fall squarely in the "social" NATS category I would   
>>> certainly volunteer to tech inspect aircraft prior to any  
>>> official flying. I'm not going to gain much by getting a few last  
>>> practice  fllights in.
>>>
>>> As for the possibility of cheating, well, we can only do so  
>>> much.   A quick check to insure the batteries installed at  
>>> measurement time  are capable of a full flight for whatever class  
>>> the pilot has  entered.  I can't imagine saving much weight with  
>>> a smaller tank  for nitro planes, but same thing goes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob Kane
>>> getterflash at yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Bill's Email <wemodels at cox.net>
>>> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 9:32:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing
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>>> Joe Lachowski wrote:
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