I used rounding in the 2M event. Do not think that Chuck was there. Chuck may have some pointed needles here, if the event needs to change to keep up with technology someone needs to write a rules change proposal. It is obvious to anyone who flew there that safety was a major concern of the crew and if the rule book does not make a safe condition, it should be updated (no matter what happened 40 years ago).
I think if AMA were asked to pass judgment on the spot (BTW, no protests were written which is the only way you get changes on the spot), the field layout and rules would have won (IMHO). This after-the-fact analysis is only meaningful if written stuff happens in the end so the discussion here should lead to those actions. Jack Iafret "Keeper of the Nostalgia Rules" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denny Zech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Nats was good" > He could mean that unlimited used truncated timing rather than rounding > as per the rule book. > > Denny > > James V. Bacus wrote: > > > At 03:06 AM 8/2/2004, Chuck Anderson wrote: > > > >> It seems that the Nats this year used part of the FAI timing rules in > >> spite of paragraph 10.2.2.b.1 of the 2002-2004 AMA Competition > >> Regulations. > > > > > > Can you clarify what you mean by that statement? I have the rule book > > and read that paragraph again, but I am not exactly sure what you > > meant by that. > > > > > >> How do you measure a cone cut? > > > > > > I think that is very clear, and again, I thought the landing officials > > were doing a good job of judging that. That rule is all about safety, > > and until you have had a model hit you while you are flying (been > > there, done that) it might not be that important to you. Of course > > you have been doing this far longer than I, so you probably have had > > the experience of being hit by a composite unlimited model too. > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > 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.
