I have often commented, lightheartedly, on the use of skegs. We do not use skegs at all, in Australia. I have yet to see someone injured by a model sliding through the spot on landing. Admittedly, we use FAI landing spots, but even so!! If a model touches someone on landing, then it is zero landing points. Perhaps skegs have their place in the USA formats, but I think that there is a risk of pilots becoming so dependant on them for landing, that they forget how to land well. I haven't seen a U.S. TD contest. Perhaps there are models flying all over the place in the landing zone. Landing upwind, downwind, crosswind, vertically, inverted??? Don't know. Maybe skegs are necessary :) Maybe the landing zone is really the hazard zone.
Klaus K Weiss Sydney, Australia www.hsl.org.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Harley Michaelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I suspect some flyers would decline to attend if not allowed to use devices > they consider necessary to prevent sliding through the landing area and > causing injury or damage. I'd be one. > > Sure, it would be great if we could always slow down enough to hit the > target and stay put without arrestors of some kind, but even the very > experienced among us can expertly screw up landings, too. >The only persons who are supposed to be in a > given landing zone is a timer and a flyer. 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.
