Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-09 Thread Denny Zech
Gordy, I can see your points on line breaks, but pop offs are almost always in the polots control, like landings. It takes some small amount of skill to launch successfully, just like landing on the spot. If someone has their plane optomized for max launch and wind changes slightly, or

Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-09 Thread Jo Grini
: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gordy, I can see your points on line breaks, but pop offs are almost always in the polots control, like landings. It takes some small amount of skill to launch successfully, just like landing on the spot. If someone has cut

RE: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-09 Thread John Derstine
If you live by contests and rules, you will die by contests and rules. If you don’t like rules, because you can’t win by them or feel that they discriminate against you, join the growing non contest events like Scale aerotowing, or try scale xcountry where you fly against the odometer, a personal

Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-09 Thread Ed Jett
Being a sport pilot for almost all of my soaring career, and only recently having participated in contests and finishing close to the bottom, let me say that I truly do understand the need for folks to be competitive and that competition and practice for competitions does make one a better

Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-09 Thread Jack Womack
Well said, Ed. This might be longer, but typing with my left index finger becomes a bit tedious about now... Jack Womack --- Ed Jett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being a sport pilot for almost all of my soaring career, and only recently having participated in contests and finishing close to

Re: [RCSE] pop offs...not good, rule worse

2005-06-08 Thread Got2soar
Remember you guys attended a CONTEST and those things tend to reward the best teams (pilot, plane and timer) for that day. The CD went over the rules during the pilots meeting. I pity the the fool that don't pay attention at the pilots meeting. Sorry you got the fun sucked out of you and your