<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I don't think the motors are the expensive part anymore. $3000 plus for an airframe is where the $$$ are spent. Not sure where money came into this. Heck, I'll spend the $700 on a motor easy.. It's the airframe where the money lies. <br><br>I do agree though, if we do away with the weight limit, planes may increase in size (within the 2m box).. But I have seen them get too big and wide, and resize somewhat back down to a decent size. But what if we were even taking off? Or even even half way through a tank of fuel? That makes us equal. Do we need to be? Not in my opinion!!! If I'm at a disadvantage, c'mon and fly against me.. I'll show you how the underdog can fly.. lol.. <img src="http://mail.yimg.com/a/i/mesg/tsmileys2/03.gif"><br><br>Good points Mark!!! Well, till the analog servo's part.. haha <br>But remember, with changing technology, always comes other
changes. Always.. E might not be best for all, but some like it. Some don't. <br><br>Heck, with new technology, most people wouldn't want the E version of the Kfactor. But they do!!!!!! Should we limit this technology? Or adapt to change? <br><br><div><strong><em><font color="#0000bf" face="comic sans ms" size="3">Chris </font></em></strong></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 2/9/09, Atwood, Mark <i><atwoodm@paragon-inc.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Atwood, Mark <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric/IC ...was Arming Plug/Receptacle Problem<br>To: "'homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com'" <homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com>, "'nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org'" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:31 PM<br><br><pre>I disagree with the
last statement. New technology does not have to bring new<br>rules. Just new approaches to meeting the rules. <br><br>The weight rule is merely the current limiting factor. It used to be<br>displacement was the primary limiter. People said remove the displacement limit<br>and we'll be able to use cheaper larger motors rather than spending $$$ on<br>high performance .61 engines. Yeah ... That worked. Weight just became the new<br>limiter and we have bigger planes, more expensive bigger high performance<br>motors. <br><br>Remove weight, and size will be the only limiter. And yes, we'll have<br>bigger (think larger bipes) planes and bigger engines etc. <br><br>How long before the call goes out to eliminate the size restriction? <br><br>Set the rules. Follow the rules. Compete within the rules. The rules are<br>irrelevent for the most part. Its equal for all. If someones at a disadvantage<br>flying E, then don't fly E. That's simple. <br><br>Fly what
you think works best. Plane/power/radio. <br><br>Ooooh ... There we go. Let's put in a rule that you can only fly analog 3<br>pole motor servos!!! That will save us all some money! :)<br><br>-M<br>------Original Message------<br><br>From: krishlan fitzsimmons<br>To: General pattern discussion<br>ReplyTo: homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com<br>ReplyTo: General pattern discussion<br>Sent: Feb 9, 2009 10:18 PM<br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric/IC ...was Arming<br>Plug/Receptacle Problem<br><br>Mark, <br><br>lol. I agree. I used to think different, but now I see that on windy days, the<br>weight rules favor glow, but on calm days, they favor E.. <br>The weight rule is silly in the first place. No one will want to be too heavy<br>regardless of what the rules are. It should just go away, or go up to whatever<br>glow can take off at. <br><br>New technology brings new rules. Just the way life is. <br><br><br>Chris <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br>--- On Mon,
2/9/09, Atwood, Mark <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com> wrote:<br><br><br> From: Atwood, Mark <atwoodm@paragon-inc.com><br> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric/IC ...was Arming Plug/Receptacle<br>Problem<br> To: "nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"<br><nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:10 PM<br> <br> <br> Can someone explain to me why we care if the rules favor something? <br> They're the rules. If I wanted to fly Turbine because I think it's<br>the<br> best option, should they change the rules to accommodate my choice?? I<br>thought<br> we MAKE our choice based on how it fits the rules...not the other way around. <br><br> We have always designed our planes to fit the rules, not altered the rules to<br> fit our planes. Why does this change suddenly because a new power plant is<br> getting close to being viable (it's already there)?? Makes no sense.<br> <br> If new batteries came out that weighed 1/3
as much with twice the capacity,<br> suddenly the rules would grossly "favor" electric...and you know<br>what?<br> We would all change, because we pick our equipment to be competitive.<br><br>------Original Message Truncated------<br><br>--------------------------<br>Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>