Bob - Requiring a 1/4" radius reduces the efficacy of the skeg greatly. If it doesn't work why use it?
I am lobbying against this rule. I believe that it detracts from safety. I will say that skegs make planes less pleasing asthetically, but that is not a good reason to make a new rule. I will agree that our current landings are not pretty, but the skegs have evolved to make the best of the landing task. If you want to see skegs disappear then you need to lose the precision landing task. As a contestant I have spent a lot of time learning how to compete successfully with the current set of rules. you are asking me to toss some of that skill out and start learning new tricks. I will resist that, unless I see some benefit. What is your motivation for this rule? Safety? If so then you are mistaken. Aesthetics? If so then I disagree. If I wanted to fly a plane that looked better I'd blow off the TD tasks and fly scale, but I don't care about scale. I work for the Army Missile Command RD&E Center. To me there is nothing prettier than a missile center punching a target at the end of it's flight. If I get to reuse the missile a few hundred times that's great. Trying to modify the tasks to make it easier for you to compete? Sorry, it won't work. You're still gonna get beat by guys like Kiesling or Bacus, no matter what the task winds up being. If you want to win you'd better spend less time worrying about the rules and more time practising precision landings. And bring your skeg. happy trails - Rob Glover > Rob, > > The AMA placed limitations on the radius of the nose of models. That did not > stop models from having noses. :) > > Why would you not see skegs at the Nats if the rule passed? > The rule does > *not* ban skegs; it only places limitations on their > design/construction/shape/location. > > Regards, > Bob Johnson 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.
