Re: [RCSE] After the 2006 NATS - 2 Meter Comments

[Mike Stump]

Tom,

great seeing you this past week.. only 50.5 weeks til next year..

the real classes are those that are wing-span based.. 2 meter & unlimited we used to have standard too but that class was eliminated (partially my doing) in the mid 90s to make for more allowable time and greater differentiation between wing span classes..

there are major performance differences between "the best" 2 meter sailplanes and 3 meter plus span planes.. add to that the difference in visibility and other factors, it's a bit of a different soaring game..

it's because of this that 2 meter remains such a viable class and maintains it's important role in the NATS schedule..

lots of folks don't like them cause "they ain't the big ships".. they aren't supposed to be..



>>The real question is "why fly different classes in the first place?". <<
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