LAST EDITED ON Nov-30-03 AT 12:18 PM (CST)
After watching "Animal House" a couple of weeks ago I decided a "Road Trip" was in order. Calling on Chris Cox for a partner, we decided to take a trip to Seattle to visit with PW and maybe stop by and visit with Howard. Besides, Chris wanted to stop by Boeing surplus to look for some more tools for his expanding inventory with which to work on his RV-7. E-mailed PW and set up a Saturday date. On the trip down I-5 Chris and I talked about making some new propeller molds and also spent quite a bit of time discussing the pros of his new Fancher handle. We both use hard point handles but Chris just couldn't pass up on Ted's handle when he could get one while down in Clovis in October.
Upon arrival at the Walker household we found Paul in the shop busy as usual working on a set of replacement wing panels for last years Miss America. Seems that he thought that balsa was sufficient to use as landing gear mounts in the original. There were also some minor structural problens with the originals which led to at least one case of wing flutter or should I call it wing panel flutter as it drifts to the ground, with the rest of the plane flying along with only the inboard wing. I've had it happen to me with a take apart and it isn't fun.
We were also given a sneak peak at next years Miss America which is just short of having the final construction finished. Typical of Paul's workmanship and it looks to be coming in as a real lightweight. Probably will end upo in the mid 50 oz range with the Saito 72 for power. After sitting around the shop for a couple of hours and discussing all things PA we decided that lunch was in order so we adjourned to a nearby resturant for some much needed nutritional intake.
Now before I get into this rules proposal thing I like to make a few things clear. 1.) At no time was any alcohol consumed during or after this lunch. 2.) Not one of the three of us smokes.
Because of the complexities that this rules proposal could stir up, we decided that we should put it forth on the Stuka Stund Forum in order to make sure that we have covered all possibilites and get some positive input from all of the obviously talented and deep thinking stunt flyers that make it a point of visiting and posting on this forum. Another thing is that we are contemplating asking Dirty Dan to finally formalize this proposal and submit it, as his obvious way with words and the high regard he is held in almost unanimously by the stunt community, especically the "Eastern Stunt Kabal", will help get this proposal through in the shortest possible time.
We would like to propose what will be called the "Mulligan Rule" to both the AMA and FAI rules. For those not familiar with the term, my long standing as a PGA and CPGA member makes me an expert and hence an explanation. A "Mulligan" is a term used in golf, that is involked during friendly and sometime not so friendly matches that gives each golfer in a foursome a chance to replay one exceedingly horrible shot with no penalty. Its like the shot never occured. We think stunt flyers should also be able to throw out that one horrible manouver that seems to always find its way into that otherwise perfect pattern and refly it for the judges. We can forsee problems, as can you wait til the end of the pattern to involk the rule and pick your worst manouver or do you have to call it just after the said manouver. In PAMPA skill level contests do Experts get 1 Mulligan, Advanced 2 Mulligans, Intermediates 3 Mulligans, etc. What if your worst manouver was the Take-off or the Landing? In FAI what if your Square Eight has to be redone and doing it puts you over the 7 minute time limit?
Any helpful comment and suggestions for this rules proposal will be appreciated. We're sure that there things we haven't thought of that could "Impact" on our efforts to get this proposal in the rule book in the shortest possible time.
One more thing, remember that we're flying model airplanes and all this is supposed to be fun.
Alan, Chris and Paul
After watching "Animal House" a couple of weeks ago I decided a "Road Trip" was in order. Calling on Chris Cox for a partner, we decided to take a trip to Seattle to visit with PW and maybe stop by and visit with Howard. Besides, Chris wanted to stop by Boeing surplus to look for some more tools for his expanding inventory with which to work on his RV-7. E-mailed PW and set up a Saturday date. On the trip down I-5 Chris and I talked about making some new propeller molds and also spent quite a bit of time discussing the pros of his new Fancher handle. We both use hard point handles but Chris just couldn't pass up on Ted's handle when he could get one while down in Clovis in October.
Upon arrival at the Walker household we found Paul in the shop busy as usual working on a set of replacement wing panels for last years Miss America. Seems that he thought that balsa was sufficient to use as landing gear mounts in the original. There were also some minor structural problens with the originals which led to at least one case of wing flutter or should I call it wing panel flutter as it drifts to the ground, with the rest of the plane flying along with only the inboard wing. I've had it happen to me with a take apart and it isn't fun.
We were also given a sneak peak at next years Miss America which is just short of having the final construction finished. Typical of Paul's workmanship and it looks to be coming in as a real lightweight. Probably will end upo in the mid 50 oz range with the Saito 72 for power. After sitting around the shop for a couple of hours and discussing all things PA we decided that lunch was in order so we adjourned to a nearby resturant for some much needed nutritional intake.
Now before I get into this rules proposal thing I like to make a few things clear. 1.) At no time was any alcohol consumed during or after this lunch. 2.) Not one of the three of us smokes.
Because of the complexities that this rules proposal could stir up, we decided that we should put it forth on the Stuka Stund Forum in order to make sure that we have covered all possibilites and get some positive input from all of the obviously talented and deep thinking stunt flyers that make it a point of visiting and posting on this forum. Another thing is that we are contemplating asking Dirty Dan to finally formalize this proposal and submit it, as his obvious way with words and the high regard he is held in almost unanimously by the stunt community, especically the "Eastern Stunt Kabal", will help get this proposal through in the shortest possible time.
We would like to propose what will be called the "Mulligan Rule" to both the AMA and FAI rules. For those not familiar with the term, my long standing as a PGA and CPGA member makes me an expert and hence an explanation. A "Mulligan" is a term used in golf, that is involked during friendly and sometime not so friendly matches that gives each golfer in a foursome a chance to replay one exceedingly horrible shot with no penalty. Its like the shot never occured. We think stunt flyers should also be able to throw out that one horrible manouver that seems to always find its way into that otherwise perfect pattern and refly it for the judges. We can forsee problems, as can you wait til the end of the pattern to involk the rule and pick your worst manouver or do you have to call it just after the said manouver. In PAMPA skill level contests do Experts get 1 Mulligan, Advanced 2 Mulligans, Intermediates 3 Mulligans, etc. What if your worst manouver was the Take-off or the Landing? In FAI what if your Square Eight has to be redone and doing it puts you over the 7 minute time limit?
Any helpful comment and suggestions for this rules proposal will be appreciated. We're sure that there things we haven't thought of that could "Impact" on our efforts to get this proposal in the rule book in the shortest possible time.
One more thing, remember that we're flying model airplanes and all this is supposed to be fun.
Alan, Chris and Paul
