I don't know about your particular situation but before 1980 most every model built from a kit I have seen or owned has been bashed one way or another. I appreciate the nostalgia's dedication to the era and I do not envy your job. Please correct me if I am wrong but the current NOS rules allow carbon spars and skegs. You can even add spoilers if the kit had none. By doing this you already opened a big can of worms. Are your NOS contests so full that you need to limit the entries by disqualifying minor non-conformance? I would think a carbon spar Windfree w/skegs that zooms to the moon is less nostalgia than a model with blade spoilers that were available in the era. You guys have a tough job. We had some conflicts out west also. There is a movement for balsa built up models only but then some guy heading the "Balsa Task Force" glasses over the fuse w 6oz cloth and epoxies on a 5" landing skeg. What's up with that??? BTW. I just received my BoT plans from RCM ($9.00) and plan to build it like my old one from 1979 w/3- piece wing, change the dihedral angles, skinny wood fuse and no sub fin. Although I might add some of those high dollar blade spoilers even though my old BoT had none and carbon spars. No 5" long skegs for me though. I have to draw the line somewhere. Am I still NOS legal? It will be RES legal. Q. Will a BoT with a new glass fuse be NOS legal? As far as I know these were not commercially available but if this gets more guys interested why not?
Tom Copp COMPOSITE SPECIALTIES www.F3X.com ph/fax 949-645 7032 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Is an Aquila with a glass fuse Nostalgia Legal Hi Ray, Could you ask Tim about vertical popup blade spoilers? I put a set of Graupner spoilers in my standard Aquila before 1980. I am about to take them out but won't if I can fly with them. Last year I won a Nostalgia contest with it but had them disconnected and taped down. I was CD and didn't want to cause controversy. If anyone but me had shown up with s similar setup I would have allowed them to fly. Many of the mods we made years ago didn't really enhance performance much. These spoilers are certainly not better than the old tilt up style. Mike Clancy 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]
