SCAT Electronic News March 5 1999

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SCAT Electronic News March 5 1999

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The future is nearer
Whew!
Proposed Italian Rules - F1A
Errata
SCAT Banco Contest

The future is nearer
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MicroTimes, March issue has a bit about GPS.  Reuters reports that "Japanese
watch-maker Casio has come up with a new gadget for the outdoors enthusiast
who has everything but a sense of direction -- a wristwatch that pinpoints
your position by satellite.  Casio said it had developed the wristwatch,
equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) function, as a useful
navigation aid for people who pursue a variety of outdoor activities,
including mountaineering, skiing, boating, fishing, and cycling."

Now, Roger, I expect you to be the first on the block with the state of the
art system.
We all know that you have a keen sense of direction.

Bill Bogart

[Bill, there are some that say I have lost that .. anyway
Bob Piserchio is the GPS collector]
 
Whew!
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Martin:

I've just got back into FF after a twelve year layoff, and thought a set 
of the BMFA forum reports would do nicely to bring me back up to speed -
until I espied the price herein.  I figured that a full set would set me
back about the price of a first class Wakefield!  Looks a lot better 
without the "3" in front.  Thank you for the clarification.

Bernie Crowe


Proposed Italian Rules - F1A
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    Roger,
    
    
    With reference to rule change proposals and associated correspondence 
    in FFN, I have the following comment.   (Message also sent 
    to Ian Kaynes at FFN).
    
    
    
    The aims of the Italian rules may be quite clear but in F1A at least, 
    as written, they will not meet their objectives.
    
    If a flight starts at the point when the towline falls off the model, 
    and functions are allowed prior to this (eg auto rudder for circle tow) 
    then all the inventive flyer needs to do is keep the line on the hook 
    until the model has bunted and started circling. Evidence of lines 
    sticking on hooks after launch suggest most of the height gained from a 
    normal release of the line  will still occur with little performance 
    loss. A few minutes thinking time will produce a simple, effective 
    method of holding the line on an unlatched hook for those few seconds 
    it would take to make the whole process legal.
    
    Should this idea be "allowed", existing models would be legal if 
    modified but yet more complex (an extra function). 
    
    Any comments ?
    
    
    Chris Edge
    

Errata
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Subject : Max Men F1A Results

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Roger,
             Not sure if it's some quirk of my electronics or of my
incomputeracy, but the F1A Max Men results I've downloaded have the entire
set of Round 3 times missing. Have I missed something here? 


Martin 

[No Martin we left to column out, the total is correct.
We have been too busy to correct it and put the full results
up but will do so]


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News And Reports 1999

SCAT Electronic News 28 March 1999
                        ^-------------------February
Table of Comtents

[I guess it take a non native English speaker to notice it]


Andrzej Grodzki
Warsaw  POLAND

SCAT Banco Contest
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Pierre Brun, the CD of this event is looking at moving it one weekend from
the last weekend of  March to the first weekend of April. This will
make it the first qualification contest for the US Team selection for the
2001 World Champs. 

Note that to count the contest towards your
accumulated minutes you must be registeredin the FF Team Selection program
BEFORE the contest. Most people in the program last would have 
a letter from the AMA asking them to vote on the 2001 program. I think
it had to be mailed to the AMA by March 10.

You can sign up for the program by sending $80 to the AMA [per event -
F1A, F1B or F1C] , attention the Competition Department saying
it is for the 2001 program and the catagory you wish to enter.

.................................
Roger Morrell


 

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