Back in the day..........
The AMA rule used to state that if you shed a part on landing you were
zero'ed for that landing. Not sure if that's how it reads now but....
Back when Paragon's were the hot new ship (mid-70s), the canopy was
typically secured with a rubber band inside the fuse connected to a hook
on the bottom of the canopy tray. As launches became more aggressive, it
was not unusual to see a Paragon flip the canopy over the side of the
plane at the top of the launch. Quite often this would stay attached
until the end where it might drag on the ground and pop off giving you a
zero for the landing.
However, if you could jettison the canopy during the flight, you were OK.
Many's the SC^2 when a Paragon would go into wild gyrations before
setting up for landing just to launch that pesky canopy overboard.
Necessity being the mother that it is, slip on nose cones soon followed.
- Dave R
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:59:12 -0700
From: "George Meyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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"Harley Michaelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Great Ideas
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I've heard of contests where the ruling was if the canopy came loose and was
still attached by a string or other device, you had to be willing to launch
the sailplane that way or take a zero for the landing.
> I then Goop the LED display to the inside of the canopy. A side benefit
is that
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