Firstly let me qualify this post by saying that I was not present and I have formed my opinions about the incident solely on the reports in RCSE. I think anyone placed in a similar situation would have done the same thing. But an attempt was made to conceal the mismatched wing with tape. So obviously Darryl et. al. were well aware of the rules. Since they had to resort to deception, In my mind and also theirs, they were cheating. I am well aware that Daryl is a very skilled pilot, and deserves to be a member of the US team but what about the 4th placed pilot? I wonder if Joe Average would have gotten away with it. Flame away. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 8 September 2000 1:03 PM > To: soaring > Subject: [RCSE] F3B event > > > To those who wonder about the DP plane change. Several asked > my thoughts on > it and if it was legal. > > Let me just say this. If I was in Darryl's place I believe I would have > done the exact same thing. He needed a plane to fly, someone > presented a > possible fix, and several started working on the fix. Simple. > The CD and > jury (and competitors) are the ones who should rule his plane > as legal or > not. The CD said it was fine, and he flew. > > That's it, no judgement, no protest, no issue from me. Darryl > competed, he > qualified, and to be honest he FLEW to thrid place (and a place on the > team). I respect that and for everyone on the team (and > especially those > pesky east coast guys who were almost on the team) I say congrats. > > Jason Werner > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
