<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Mike: I can bring a set of L.E. radius gauges if that helps... LOL</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron: I wouldn't worry too much about gyros and autopilots. These add considerable weight. VBG</DIV>
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<DIV>John Pavlick</DIV>
<DIV> <BR>--- On <B>Tue, 8/4/09, Mike Hester <I><kerlock@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Mike Hester <kerlock@comcast.net><BR>Subject: Re: [<SPAN>NSRCA</SPAN>-discussion] Inspection & Weighing<BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 2:35 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Like a radius guage for the leading edges? =)<BR><BR>I'm just sayin.....we aren't checkin everything anyway, like Ron said.<BR><BR>-Mike<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Van Putte" <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vanputte@cox.net" ymailto="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</A>><BR>To: "General pattern discussion" <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:14 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing<BR><BR><BR>> 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?<BR>> <BR>> 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.<BR>> <BR>> Ron VP<BR>> <BR>> On Aug 4, 2009, at 10:33 AM, <A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rcmaster199@aol.com" ymailto="mailto:rcmaster199@aol.com">rcmaster199@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR>> <BR>>> If someone wants/needs to "cheat" with an overweight
plane, I have no problem letting them.<BR>>> <BR>>> If someone wants/needs to "cheat" with preprogrammed sequencing or a larger airframe than 2 X 2 m, a different story<BR>>> <BR>>> MattK<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>> From: Bob Kane <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=getterflash@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>><BR>>> To: General pattern discussion <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>>> Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 9:50 am<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing<BR>>> <BR>>> #AOLMsgPart_3_9ae5f3a0-a5b0-4046-b74a-8c614ebbcf50 DIV {margin:0px;}<BR>>> 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.<BR>>> <BR>>> 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.<BR>>> <BR>>> 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.<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> Bob Kane<BR>>> <A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=getterflash@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A><BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> From:
Bill's Email <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wemodels@cox.net" ymailto="mailto:wemodels@cox.net">wemodels@cox.net</A>><BR>>> To: General pattern discussion <<A href="http://us.mc805.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 9:32:09 AM<BR>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Inspection & Weighing<BR>>> <BR>>> Joe Lachowski wrote:<BR>>>> <BR>>>> #AOLMsgPart_3_9ae5f3a0-a5b0-4046-b74a-8c614ebbcf50 .hmmessage P {margin:0px;padding:0px;}#AOLMsgPart_3_9ae5f3a0-a5b0-4046- b74a-8c614ebbcf50 body.hmmessage{font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;}<BR>>> <BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>>> <A
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