At 21:18 22 October 2003, Mike Borgelt wrote:
On 22 Oct 2003 08:48:57 -0700,
(Kirk Stant)
wrote:

Andrew Warbrick wrote in message news:...

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?

Mike Borgelt

I suggested that if it was restricted from export outside
the states it should be banned (and only for world
records and the wgc). After all, Rolladen Schneider
would sell an LS4 to anyone, even the Yanks.

This sort of performance increasing device is legal
in all classes except World class, you even get blown
wing turbulation in the standard class.