[NSRCA-discussion] Long - RE: Weight

[Keith Hoard]

If the goal is to "level the playing field" (lighter has the  
advantage, right?) then why not establish a minimum weight.

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On Jun 4, 2009, at 17:30, Phil Spelt <chuenkan at comcast.net> wrote:

> Right, then we'd have Pattern looking just like the Indy Racing  
> League and NASCAR -- everyone driving the same thing, and all  
> innovation is thoroughly stifled.  I grew up on USAC racing in the  
> Midwest -- they ran Offenhauser 4-cylinder engines for a long time,  
> until Ford and some of the other engine builders learned how to  
> compete, then we were back to good variety and honest competition.   
> Then ole Tony George took over when Tony Hullman died, and single  
> handedly destroyed that.  Now NASCAR has done the same thing -- take  
> a body/chassis, put a sticker on it, and call it a "Ford" or whatever.
>
> At 06:12 PM 6/4/2009, you wrote:
>> The goal is to make things cheaper for a 2 meter setup,  if the  
>> goal was just to make it cheaper than just define a specific mass  
>> produced arf as the standard setup and require everyone to fly the  
>> same setup...
> --> There are only two types of aircraft -- fighters and targets.
>
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