It is always interesting to incorporate new ideas into our contests. I see
this has having 3 effects:
1) Pretty much eliminates all the light wood and many bagged wing planes
from the contest. You will need an F3J moldie, a spar based bagged wing or
a carbon capped wood wing to take this all
In a message dated 07/14/2008 8:21:54 PM Central Daylight Time,
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After watching the World F3J I had an idea for a contest...
Incorporate the time penalty on tow that they have in F3J but in a TD format.
You would have a timer at each winch who would time your launch
OK guys last chance to enter the raffle. At 5:00PM today the website
ordering page will be turned off. The drawing will be tomorrow evening.
http://www.usf3jteam.com
Jim
Attta Boy, John! Butch woulda been proud of Ya!
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Craig,
What is with messing around with winch time All minimizing winch
time does is make planes go up faster, and have them built like
composite bullets.
Why not do something simple, like take the weight of the plane, mulitply
it by seconds and get a max time you have to fly??
We once
Wow, another how you launch discussion! Check out the 18 pages of stuff on
RCGroups-Electric Sailplanes if you want to get all the in's and out's of
launching in a TD contest with motors. It is under the F5J thread
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=883683.
It is a worthwhile
That would be interesting. It could force short tows even in conditions that
are nominal. It's also good discipline for learning short launches and low
alt recovery.
I think the added man power requirement and potential for human error would
kill this if you added a launch time keeper at each
I think everyone has made good points... I like the idea of extra points for
time on tow... I know it would be a lot harder to keep my Sharon on tow for the
same time as my AvA...
I'm just bored with TD I guess... Anyone want a Sharon?
PS... This last weekend we should of had one of the best
I think this kind of rule would particularly SUCK.
You would have to employ additional personnel to officiate the contest
(undesirable, unworkable, error prone). And, just think of how well
this would work at big contests!
NO, We DO NOT need more rules for TD. It works just fine as is.
Oh, cool, I can get my ultra high tech model with super expensive high
modulus carbon to keep the weight down and have real fun Or I'll
just pop off with my Bubble Dancer at .1 second.
Shorter winch lines usually work better. Plus it gives the ligher models
a better chance since they no
Craig,
I know you have been around long enough by now that you ought to know better
than to try and mess with the old tried and true American TD. How dare you
even consider it. You should be made to read nothing but Gordy Posts over and
over for year. Actually I like your idea but no real
A very good answer Mike!
I have been wanting shorter lines in F3J since 2002...
But I have to go with the pack as the CIAM meeting said no this year to
shorter lines.
But to me it seems like more and more competitions in US are now both
shorter lines and group scoring?
That sounds like a good
WOWThank you everyone for all of the congrats on my 8 hour
flight and getting my level V. It is not official yet, till the MAN Deck
says so.
What a wonderful journey, and experience it has been. I can only say, it was
successful because of the many friends I have in this hobby.
- Original Message
From: Mike Lachowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...F3j with the current rules is broken. It is very much the luck of the
timer. I know the past few team selections, which timer you had was
good for a 1 second difference in flight time
==
Mike's point may
Johnny,
You are a class act that has supported the hobby and Midwest contest circuit
for as long as I have been around. You deserve this reward, and Butch would be
proud. Besides, getting your Level V is the only conceivable excuse for missing
the Fred last weekend. Mari even had chocolate
There has been much talk about discriminating the scores more. There is a
new F3J rule where the last 2 meters of the landing tape are graduated.
Instead of the in/out hundred landing requirement, there will be more
emphasis on the precision of the landing. It will be interesting to see if
there
My idea was just for one contest... Hell When I worked in the film
industry and made 2-5 mill a year maybe I would of be interested in an all out
carbon war.. But now I'm lucky to make $24,000 a year after breaking my back...
I have the USA's oldest Sharon and a beat up AvA I was just
Hi,
All info here.
Thx,
Dave Hauch
www.rc-builds.com
Hi Guys
I could use some info about the event and location.
I am armed and dangerous, currently heading to Hell Boy 2 in Ludington
Gordy
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My wife and I are going to visit several towns in Oregon in October. Perhaps on HWy 5 or HWy 101, Salem or south of Salem. Can anyone reccommend towns to visit, maybe 100 miles or less to a flying site? Anyone from that area going to the NATS or to Visalia Fall Fest? Let's get together and talk.
Rick,
Please contact Portland Area Soaring Society (PASS).
http://rchomepage.com/~passoari/
They are very active and some pilots there attend Visalia frequently.
-Kai
※ 引述《Rick Bothell [EMAIL PROTECTED]》之郵件內容：My wife and I are going to visit
several towns in Oregon in October. Perhaps on HWy
Sorry, forgot the link.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=894466
Dave Hauch
www.rc-builds.com
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From: Dave Hauch
To: soaring@airage.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:06 PM
Subject: [RCSE] f3b Tomahawk for sale
Hi,
All info here.
OK - the tickets are torn, the box loaded up, and the tickets are all mixed
up. Tomorrow at 7:00PM MST I will have my daughter draw the winning
numbers. As each number is drawn and the winner determined I will post to
the group F3J Raffle Winners. I will post the entire list to RCSE when
the
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