I disagree. I'd like to at least see what would happen if skegs were not allowed. Sure you'd still have guys overflying occasionally, but I don't think you have the carnage some envisage. Guys would learn how to fly an approach, and not having the skeg as a crutch would force better energy management. An overshoot without a skeg is perhaps safer than one with. Limiting the number of people in the landing zone to just those necessary would help also. It's not always possible to do but there's no need to have all the pilots halfway through the time stacked up behind the tapes. Someone mentioned a few weeks ago about pilots not being able to enter landing zone until a certain time before landing (2 min.?), sounds like a good idea if you have the space to do it.
Something's not right when you have a crowd of guys watching the landing of a pilot who just launched for his final round of four minutes or so, to see it determine the outcome of the contest. It's a contest alright, but it isn't thermal duration. Just my thoughts, Craig. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Monaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:48 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Triathlon > > And a no skeg rule would be foolish. I sat next to the landing zones at > Visalia and saw a bunch of dangerous overskids all weekend. I can't image > how bad it would have been without skegs! I believe that skegs provide way > more safety than danger. As for energy management, I agree that is the > goal, but the reality is that with the landing tapes marked at 3 inch > intervals, folks will dork the airplanes to get the points, so the guys that > can afford to break their planes will be at the advantage.> Jim Monaco > Rocky Mountain Soaring Association > Denver, CO RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
