Hi Jim, I agree with you on not removing the skegs. What I would disallow are skegs over 11/2 in. in length. They should be made of nylon or similar material which will bend a little. Skegs , in my opinion, are a safety feature in that they generally keep the plane from sliding into you or your timer or some spectator. Another item I would not allow is the gyro.I have one but will not install it in one of my gliders. I like to fly all by myself. This may make it more challanging but that's what contests are about. I don't want some device doing my flying for me. There are lots of these gyros out there and if you don't use one you are at a disadvantage. Let's fly our gliders as they were meant to be flown and stop all the bickering. Enuff for now. Regards, Art
Jim Monaco wrote: > This comes up all the time and disallowing skegs doesn't help anything and > in fact introduces the luck factor. When landings at 1 point per inch are > used as discriminators, few (if any) can manage their energy well enough to > consistently judge the slide within inches. In Phoenix the top 50 all > basically got their time and it would have been even closer on time, but > most people gave up a few seconds to score well on the landings. Removing > skegs, and landing downwind would have made the contest results a crap > shoot. So - why do we have 1 inch measurements - to discriminate a winner. > In FAI events they don't allow skegs, but the landing zone is measured in > METERS. In my club, when we use the FAI tapes and no skegs, if you can't > get a 90 you get razzed outta town. Heck - even our novices consistently > get 90s on those tapes. All that means is that the scores are closer - the > same guys win. If you take the skegs off and use the AMA tapes, you might > as well throw dice instead of landing. If I want to try my luck - I'll hit > the casinos. > > If you want to do well - practice your landings. My soaring bud and I shot > at least 150 landings from the short histart the week before the contest. I > know that the winner spent considerable time the weekend before the contest > practicing DOWNWIND landings (as we wondered why you would do that :)). I > prefer a skill contest because I can improve on that - I have not had nearly > as much success trying to improve my luck. > > And please don't take this as a personal attack - it is not. Just my > personal opinions on landings. > > Jim Monaco > Rocky Mountain Soaring Association > Denver, CO > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:16 AM > To: Pat McCleave; RCSE > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Not a Launch Contest > > > Face it no matter what you do from > > landings, to launch limits, to one design contests, the guys that > practice, > > practice, practice are still going to win. Just my two cents worth. > > Pat, > I agree that practice will enhance your chances of doing well. How about > eliminating the skegs to make it a bit more interesting? > > Regards, > Bob Johnson > Fond du Lac, WI > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
