I totally agree.
Another reason for the cone entry to the zone is to prevent mid airs over the tapes. I have seen Nats without the cones and watched guys who were low in altitude fly low right across a row of landing tapes to make it to their tape and take out a model on a straight in approach. This is a good solution to that problem.
At 09:02 PM 8/1/2004, Michael Lachowski wrote:
I remember one of the reasons for the rules. I got hit from behind one year while waiting to go out and measure my landing. It wasn't fun. Low turns over 40 or more people should be discouraged. It's quite a crowd of timers and pilots if you have two groups plus contest officials all out on the field between the winches and the landing zone
Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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