RCCOMBAT Forum

Please note the Great Lakes Combat Championships hosted by the Radio Control Club of Detroit has been rescheduled from May 19/20 to June 9/10.
6 rounds each of SSC, Limited B and Open B.

Michael,
I do not accept that sandpaper is a device or projection. It is a "material".
As such I do not believe a rules change is required, merely a clarification, much the same way as we clarified the use of 2-sided tape a couple of years ago.

Michael, when a crease in my strapping tape produces more of a "projection" than a grain of sand I'm having trouble identifying that grain as a structure.. BUT there is no doubt that sandpaper is intended to increase the rate of cutting streamers, so does that make it a "device"....

I am in full agreement with Michael - waiver for 2012 and a rules change as part of the normal cycle.
How do we proceed?

Scott, I think we are in agreement - allow the use of sandpaper with (I would suggest) a review at the end of the 2012 season.
I think that is 2 out of 3 of the Rules Committee supporting this so it looks like it should go forward to the Board as a recommended rule change.
OK?

boiler wrote: 3. NATS shirts will be purchased for all RCCA pilots.

Bob, do you mean all RCCA pilots who attend the NATS, or are we buying shirts for every member that we will then mail out?

Don, Have you tried cycling your transmitter throttle from low to high after ensuring it really was reaching low and you do not have sub-trim and ATV preventing that? My concern now is, that if you have a BEC circuit on the Speed controller, plugging a battery into the receiver AT THE SAME TIME may ...

Not sure how we are going to resolve this one. In hindsight I have to agree that a strict interpretation of the rules does not allow sandpaper as "a device". My first inclination was that it did not constitute a "device" but that is obviously subject to different interpretations....

It seems to me that Keith's lack of success flying 2610 is clouding his judgement. Wayne Mayo RCCA 880 You didn't need to make this personal! I've already agreed that we are free to fly whatever we choose. I was trying to build for five classes - you fly two. That's a large difference in effort. I ...

Wayne,
I have asked Don Grissom (who organized the trophies last year) for a list of all recipients. I'm hoping this will enable me to remove all confusion. It was my belief that we did not in fact eliminate the individual class trophies, but I need to confirm that.

Keith, Thanks for the info, but I disagree in combining the classes as they aren't the same. The only thing they have in common is the word acale. Randy, SSC, Lim-B and Open B aren't the same either, but we're not hearing complaints on them being combined for an overall "OPEN" 1st place. ...

The history is on the Board Forum. Where is this located? I do not seem to be able to locate it... Thanks - Bill Bill, if you don't have access to the Board Forum you won't be able to see it I'm afraid. There was a long discussion on this topic that ended up with a majority vote on combining the ov...

As the NorthWest District Rep, I can't remember voting on this issue to change to the overall trophy in either Scale or Open class. This change should have been voted upon, not just someones idea and run with it. Randy, The proposed change received a majority Board vote in July 2010. You were one o...

Wayne, I agree with Chris. Scale fidelity is more closely ruled in 2548 than in 2610. INTERPRETATION of those rules into physical airplanes has resulted in all kinds of different construction, including yes, taped 'planes. I am guilty of that as my A17As/Nomads have taped wings, even though the fuse...

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I think that is HALF the current Tower Hobbies OS 25FX price!

Thanks to a heads up from Chris Shepherd who has just rejoined us.