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Boy, Ron,
<BR>I have never felt all that confident that you and I were ever going
to agree TOTALLY on any particular subject(just considered it all healthy
dialogue), but on this one, I couldn't agree more!
<BR>Maybe there's hope for us yet(except for a few tough areas)LOL!!!
<BR>Well outlined. I'm with you 100%.
<BR>Georgie
<P>ronlock wrote:
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>If
we remove the weight limit, nothing dramatic happens in the short term.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>The few pilots with ll lb and a few
ounces birds will be relieved, and that's</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>nice. Overall, there is little
impact.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Over the longer term, our models will
get larger. There is room in a 2 meter</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>box to stick in a lot more airplane
than we currently have. And our designers</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>will do that, since bigger is better.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Fuselages will get taller and thicker.
Wing area will grow to carry the extra,</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>to about how much more? 1,400, 1,600
squares? Since we don’t</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>have engine rules, getting larger engines
is just a matter of letting the</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>manufacturers catch up. Props and landing
gear gets bigger. So do exhaust</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>systems, batteries, servos, etc. We
probably get more scale appearance.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Every time we let models get bigger,
they fly better, present to judges</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>better, and judges seem to score them
better. So most of us will feel it’s</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>necessary to go larger to stay competitive.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Larger in general, means more money
and time to buy, build, maintain,</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>and transport. Does the
existing active pattern community want that?</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Is it good for recruiting and pattern
participation in the future?</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=+0>Ron Lockhart</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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