Ray Hayes call or fax......1-(219) 434-1322
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Greetings,
To continue stirring the pot, what if my man shows up with a version of
full scale sailplane spoilers. The split spoiler that upon activation
sends a spoiler blade out the top and bottom of the wing. This I think is
generally accepted as a "spoiler system.
The key to any RES contest is what the good guys in Cincinnati do and that
is publish their set of rules prior to their contest. It is the host club
and CD that determines their particular RES contest rules. This is true of
coarse of any contest, says so in the AMA rule book. This is good, because
it allows a creative approach to contests tasks and the contest format that
proves itself popular will have the most contestants.
I think alot of folks are confusing Nostalgia with RES. In my view, most
of the sailplanes that qualify for Nostalgia are three function (Mixing
radios are allowed in Jack's Nostalgia rules) and mostly RES types. This
then allows RES to be an all new class of competition (their is a word that
makes 90% of the world's sailplaners shudder) rather than a repeat or
hybrid of Nostalgia. A third option is a one of a kind contest.
>From a clubs point of view, they may want to consider a format that will
motivate the highest number of guys to attend their contest to create club
revenue (this is what holds down the price of membership dues and pays the
rent), this being the case, why not allow spoilers electronically coupled
to the stab or rudder. The best pilots are still going to win regardless
of rules and the benefit is, it allows creativity limited to 3 functions
(RES). If you want to argue equality in RES then RES would also have to
specify wing area. Unless your name is Mark Smith, your chances of winning
an RES contest with a Windfree are near zero if your competing against the
larger designs. Yes, an OLY ll is almost twice the area of a Windfree and
a Paragon is more than twice.
What do you think?
Ray
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