On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:24:33 +1000, Mike Borgelt
wrote:

On 22 Oct 2003 08:48:57 -0700, (Kirk Stant)
wrote:

Andrew Warbrick wrote in message ...

If that were the case, the FAI should ban it from international
competitions and world record claims.

Paranoia rears it's ugly head! Yep, those damn Yankees are going to
screw with the rest of the world again!

And anyway, why should it be banned? Especially in Open class? Aren't
records all about new technology, techniques, and locations?

Anyway, this is hardly a militarily significant invention, especially
if it is "delicate"!

Another 103+ cloudless day out here in Phoenix, hoping it will cool
down so we can do some decent soaring this weekend...

BTW, if any of you are in the Phoenix area Saturday, stop by Turf
Soaring and join us at the ASA's Octoberfest - lots of Brats (the kind
you eat) and Beers (the kind you drink). The worse the lift, the
earlier the keg gets tapped.

Kirk
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My news server didn't pick up Andrew Warbrick's post.

But why ban any performance improvement? Even in Standard Class. We
didn't ban the LS4 with its new wing section even though it made all
the older ships obsolete.

Or was there some other reason for the proposed ban?


His point was that apparently there's military money in the
development and so they might stop it being exported. In that case it
would be an unfair advantage because it would not be available to
anybody to buy.

Having glanced through the patent I think its an interesting idea, but
quite possibly too fragile to be practical on a glider. The outer
membrane is 6 micron plastic (mylar?) and that's almost too fragile
for outdoor use on a lightweight model.

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