A couple of years ago, I got stopped on the highway for going 78 in a 65 zone. My speedo said 71. The Trooper said that he calibrated his radar gun as he left and returned from the State Highway Patrol post. He never admitted that his gun was wrong, yet I've lived by "give 'em 10, take 'em at 11" forever with lots of similar, non-ticketed encounters. So, how are you record setters calibrating the radar guns? Can they record a non-linear, or non-parallel path speed?
NAA/FAI require a 3.0% increase over an existing record to establish a new mark from an average of four passes on a measured distance, straight line speed, i.e., 3 km. (e.g., F8F-2 Bearcat, Rare Bear absolute propeller-driven speed, 528 mph exceeded the previous 499 by the P-51 Red Baron. The next record runs must exceed an average of 543 mph to be scantioned.) As holder of an NAA/FAI point-to-point speed record (Cincinnati to Lakeland in my Long-EZ, 206.54 mph), setting or breaking an officially sanctioned record requires logistic support and carefully calibrated measuring equipment. I'm not minimizing the accomplishment, heck I blew up my Vortex at Parker last month pushing my personal envelope. But what gentleman's agreements are in place about what counts? Rudy AMA 131126 CD RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
