>>Taken literally, 3.1 will eliminate ALL combat aircraft known to me, as
>>those things attached to the trailing edge that we use to control the
>>plane are NOT FOAM!!!!! Has anyone flown a plane with foam elevons???
>>
>>If you really want to get picky, the radio and control linkages are not
>>foam either, but then this would make it really hard to make these
>>planes radio controlled
I really wish people could READ, the entire section that is. These are
absolute FALSE statements. Read section 3.1 entirely, including
its subparagraphs.
Jerry R. Craft VWP
Wk 858-320-4128
Cel 760-803-6955
-----Original Message-----
From: J.P. Morere [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 11:26 AM
To: Steven Meyer
Cc: Dan Field; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Heavy Boomerang - Elevon issues
OK, so I am getting in on this one a bit late - been too busy to read
lately..
! :-D
Anyway, it would seem to me that glassing the elevons for durability
would be OK, as long as there are no sharp edges. Do we need to define
the edge width as a minimum, perhaps 1/16"??
Good sky;
J.P.
Steven Meyer wrote:
>
> At 08:20 AM 9/22/99 -0700, Dan Field wrote:
> Dan,
> I don't like a lot of rules either. But I do like rules to be clear and
> have purpose. It's the "bending" of rules that has evolved gliders to
> where they are today, otherwise we would all still be flying Gentle Ladies.
>
> Taken out of context the following rule disqualifies all the EPP wings
> because they usually require a spar either aluminum or CF. :-)
>
> > 3.1 The model must be an all foam combat slope glider.
>
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