Attn Leonard

Sorry
It's just that this is something I feel very strongly about. I'm not trying yo be a jerk and I apologize.
Dowayne
P.S.
I'm Sorry

>Sorry
>It's just that this is something I feel very strongly about.
>I'm not trying yo be a jerk and I apologize.
>Dowayne
>P.S.
>I'm Sorry

DW,

Nothing to be sorry for, unless it was asking a legitimate question on a forum where the topic has been outlawed.

Were you to ask the exact same question at a pilots meeting during any NW CL Stunt contest, I believe the universal answer would be "No!"

However, you are asking the wrong people. You have to ask yourself if you well and truly built any model with which you are competing. Forget Bob and Robby Hunt. Forget all the lengthy and sometimes highly emotional discussions, some of which are truly out of bounds.

Did you build the model? If the answer is "Yes," slap that sucker down right in front of the judges. If the answer is "No," tell 'em to skip your model when it comes to appearance judging, enjoy the heck out of it when it comes time to fly.

This is a rule based upon some very important contextual considerations, a fair bit of history, and personal honor.

Truly, it is your decision to make.

>>Sorry
>>It's just that this is something I feel very strongly about.
>>I'm not trying yo be a jerk and I apologize.
>>Dowayne
>>P.S.
>>I'm Sorry
>
>DW,
>
>Nothing to be sorry for, unless it was asking a legitimate
>question on a forum where the topic has been outlawed.
>
>Were you to ask the exact same question at a pilots meeting
>during any NW CL Stunt contest, I believe the universal
>answer would be "No!"
>
>However, you are asking the wrong people. You have to ask
>yourself if you well and truly built any model with which
>you are competing. Forget Bob and Robby Hunt. Forget all the
>lengthy and sometimes highly emotional discussions, some of
>which are truly out of bounds.
>
>Did you build the model? If the answer is "Yes," slap that
>sucker down right in front of the judges. If the answer is
>"No," tell 'em to skip your model when it comes to
>appearance judging, enjoy the heck out of it when it comes
>time to fly.
>
>This is a rule based upon some very important contextual
>considerations, a fair bit of history, and personal honor.
>
>Truly, it is your decision to make.
>
>Dan
>

Ron B.
F4Fguy

As the Bard said: A hit! A palpable hit!

I used my ARF Nobler this weekend. I found a new way to get around the whole issue. Yes it's an ARF, but the appearance was so bad I wouldn't have gotten any points anyways!

Problem solved.

>Sorry
>It's just that this is something I feel very strongly about.
>I'm not trying yo be a jerk and I apologize.
>Dowayne
>P.S.
>I'm Sorry

Ask this guy, [email protected]

I suppose the following subject has already been discussed. So, if not, here it it.

I have read wih interest how some have used the ARF Nobler as a basic "sort-of-kit"; meaning, strip it to bare wood, add bubble canopy, cockpit doo-dads, sand like crazy, fill, cover with silkspan and do a first-class Brodak butyrate paint job. Having recently done a complete "make-over" of an old OTS model, I can verify that a rebuild is almost as difficult, messy, and time-consuming as starting from balsa sheets. The result could easily be taken for scratch-build.

I don't have any ARF, so no response on this is necessary.

>I suppose the following subject has already been discussed.
>So, if not, here it it.
>
>I have read wih interest how some have used the ARF Nobler
>as a basic "sort-of-kit"; meaning, strip it to bare wood,
>add bubble canopy, cockpit doo-dads, sand like crazy, fill,
>cover with silkspan and do a first-class Brodak butyrate
>paint job. Having recently done a complete "make-over" of
>an old OTS model, I can verify that a rebuild is almost as
>difficult, messy, and time-consuming as starting from balsa
>sheets. The result could easily be taken for scratch-build.
>
>I don't have any ARF, so no response on this is necessary.
>
>Floyd

Yes, I know of one in particular down Atlanta way who did this. It is not legal, however, to collect "builder of the model" appearance points.

Let's put this one to bed. Closing it down.