[CIAM-F6-Working_Group] Re: Artistic Aerobatics model weight
- From: Robert Herzog <v679093@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ciam-f6-wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:12:52 +0200
Guy Revel wrote:
Dear all,
As most of you know, the amendment proposals that were not discussed
during the last CIAM Plenary will be presented again at the next meeting.
One of these proposals may need further discussion. It concerns the
deletion of the weight limit for F6A airplanes. It has been pointed to
me that the amended rule (2 m maximum wingspan, no weight limit) woudl
open the way to multiplane monsters (think about a 2-metres, 15 kg,
DA-150-powered Ultimate. This would obvioulsy negate the spirit of the
present AA rules.
One of the options I was offered was to further limit the wingspan for
biplanes, as it is done with some freestyle classes. However, thinking
about it and noting the fact that biplaned have completely disappeared
from the competition circuit for years., I tend to think that the most
adequate solution would be to limit AA competitions to monoplanes.
Your input, please.
Guy R.
My dear Guy,
As I told you in the past, I cannot see why we need limitations to F6A
models. I advocate leaving the options to the pilot, with the 20kg limit
for F3M. We have a regular F3M contest schedule in Belgium, with about
15 pilots flying four nationals and a well-attended international
meeting. Most of these pilots declined participating to the F6A
selection contests we ran last year because their models did not comply.
Only one pilot did purpose build a model and eventually was selected for
the WAG. There is no question about the attractivity of these large
models flown on music in front of the public.
And remember that the present rule allows 15 kg jet models to compete.
For these, the span is a MINIMUM of 1.8m and no maximum... Why should
propeller models be limited when large and heavy jets are allowed.
Maybe we should first decide whether accepting propeller aircraft,
jet-powered aircraft and helicopters in the same category was a wise
decision...
Thanks for promoting this discussion.
Robert
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