[RCSE] Re: Chicago

2002-05-22 Thread DENDKN
Jerry, As you know, I do not like skegs. Usually stopping in less than an inch travel, skegs give a severe shock to the sailplane and hard mounted electronics. I know of three competition sailplanes and one prominent contestant that have been physicaly damaged (or injured) this year caused by

Re: [RCSE] Re: Chicago

2002-05-22 Thread James V. Bacus
At 09:10 AM 5/22/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since we would have to land without skids or skegs at Chicago, I'm not interested. It's no skegs on a FAI tape in Chicago, just like F3J. That's an easy landing task for the pilot and on the model. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago