Thermal sensors are NOT UNFAIR as long as they are allowed in the RULES! A FAR bigger advantage is the use of a highly engineered MOLDED aircraft. This is the area where people BUY advantage the easiest and most, in the plane.
The best telemetry units for RC use cost far less than one high end sailplane kit. Personally I like the 'builder of the model' rule but that has been gone for many years and really has no chance of coming back. Right now anyone can BUY the advantage of a plane that has design, materials and cunstruction processes that are FAR beyond their abilities and that give real performance advantages on the field. All it takes is money, lots of money. I am not saying that this is bad for the sport overall just that it is reality. It is also legal under the rules so is technically FAIR. Really, to fly a TD contest takes a team. Someone had to build the plane, someone has to fly the plane, someone times the flight, someone provides launching equipment, etc. etc., it all is part of the total package. A thermal sniffer or similar device is such a tiny part of the whole that it is unlikely to make any difference at all and it is certainly NOT UNFAIR. It is really simple. If the rules allow it then it is FAIR. If the rules don't allow it then it is UNFAIR and is CHEATING. If you don't like then, don't use them. Don't want OTHER people to use them, then lobby to change the rules. Please don't stand there with your $2000+++ airplane and tell me that my $200 thermal sensor is an unfair advantage. Really! michael On 1/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't flown a contest in at least 6 years, but I have to agree with > Daryl, > this is something that shouldn't be used in a contest environment. > I use to race one design sailboats and there were very tight rules about > equipment. 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
