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More Thoughts on Competition
From: Colin McKinley
4003 Poindexter Ave.
Winston-Salem NC 27106
I want to support Bob Aberle's proposal in the July issue of the Ampeer. We need a level playing field to have electric flying continue to grow. When Keith Shaw and I used to compete in the SAM events at Milan, the group gave us on minute of extra motor run to compensate for our extra weight and then subtracted the minute from our total score. I believe Keith got a second one day and I came in 3rd or 4th. Since we are looking at gliding events, I would hope the concept of subtracting the extra motor time for ferrite motors would be part of the Aberle proposal. There are so many electric motors with such a wide power range, could we have a formula to try and equalize power used. It could be something in the area of watt minutes - ie. 300 watt brushless for 30 seconds versus a 100 watt ferrite for 90 seconds. The ferrite models still would have 60 seconds subtracted at the end of the flight.
Maybe Bob Kress has a program that could work on something like this. We still need to keep tow classes - 7-cell and anything goes.
North Carolina Meets
Also from Colin
Two Winston-Salem clubs, the Winston-Salem Radio Control Club (WSRC) and the Riverside Aeromodelers (RAMS) are planning on an electric weekend for May 1 and 2, 1999. Sanction will be applied for as soon as possible. The WSRC will host the May 1 contest because their field has better access to motels. The RAMS will host the May 2nd contest. Both contest sites are close to highways 40 and 77. Primitive camping is permitted (and encouraged) at bot fields. The RAMS field is close to an excellent southern restaurant. For more information contact: Dr. Colin McKinley (336) 924-5890 or Dr. John Mountjoy (336) 772-7609
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