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2007 Pylon Thread Includes Rules and Plane Specifications

The first race of 2008 went fairly well. As in the past, there was a little more wind than we would have liked, but not as bad as some of the events have been.

4 of us made the race. It seems a few guys had not had time to get ready. Hopefully they will be out for the next session.

Duane showed us that his 'modified' kit had significant speed capabilities. Apparently the single aileron, large spinner, filling the mold gaps, and reduced canopy make a difference. Therefore, an asterisk is appropriate. Luckily in the first race, he cut multiple corners, so was DQ'd. He didn't get caught in the other races.

Bob tried 2 different planes, after having some problems with #1.

Brian got hammered (by me) in the last race, cutting his elevator, which resulted in some fixable damage. I swear he hit the brakes, just as I was passing him! Actually, I thought I was inside him, when I pulled up for the corner. Apparently I wasn't.

We had fun, and hope to continue having fun. Thanks to the guys who helped out!

I'm almost tempted to just say screw it, and do just that!

Got any suggestions on how to pin it down?

I wish Brian had been running the iMh pack, so we could see the relative speed with more than just mine. Are you going to make the next one? Pat?

I don't mind an asterisk, although I would hate to give up the prize money.     Stock vs modified class, interesting idea.  Although where was this thought previously, when most were running stock prop nut resulting in the nose being about a 4 inch air dam, and one had "cleaned up" airflow over the nose with a 3 inch spinner?  Most planes have some type of "mod", be it sanded dimples, filled in mold marks, filled in hinge lines, spinners, etc.  My experience seems to show the most important keys to good performance rest with the batteries and the ESC.  Once I deep cycled the batteries, and switched from orginal Chinese ESC to Castle, good motor performance followed.  Which brings me to the question, who would run in modified class?  Only those whose "improvements" are preceived to actually work for better performance?   

or maybe a tech inspection like in nascar (That template thing would be a killer )