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Hello,

I just uploaded new series of designs in "Design Templates" collection.

The new additional designers are:
- Jim Aron
- Dick Mathis
- Vince Micchia
- Keith Trostle
- Jerry Phelps
- Wynn Paul
- Ron Bryant
- J. C. Yates
- Art Pawloski
- Hi Johnson

Special thanks to Keith Trostle, Keith Bryant and Jim Aron for helping me out. Thank you.

sina

Note: These templates are NOT all the planes which have been designed by a specific designer. These are only those that I could find.


https://stunthanger.com/smf/model-library/design-templates/new/#new
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Speed Talk / Re: Perky Speed at Middlesex 2024
« Last post by Paul Smith on March 25, 2024, 12:35:06 PM »
My guess be a highly modified Cox Conquest. 
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Open Forum / Re: 2024 F2B World Championships: Be Part of History
« Last post by Paul Smith on March 25, 2024, 12:33:28 PM »
Thank you.

I assumed that this just involved an electronic note pad, not a Jumbotron. 
Seeing the ongoing score with Factor K computed on a big screen would make it more interesting to watch.

With that technology in hand, the flyer's score compared to the leader would be simple added app.

This is similar to the modernized way of reporting golf scores as devised by Chip Harbert of Meadowbrook CC in 1958.
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Open Forum / Re: 2024 F2B World Championships: Be Part of History
« Last post by Brett Buck on March 25, 2024, 11:47:41 AM »
Writing fifteen numbers on a piece of paper within a seven minute time period is not a job that can be improved with a computer.

The hard copy audit trail is priceless and irreplaceable.

   I have no knowledge of how the system works in practice, but from another source using a similar system, part of the supposed "advantage" is that the judges individual scores are displayed in real-time, and in some cases, right on a display behind the judges. The idea I heard for this was to make sure the judge's score was immediately visible for all to see, supposedly then subject to peer pressure to "avoid cheating".

   I also note that for this to have any real positive effect, the crowd has to see something that the CD, etc, do not. Because the CDs definitely look for "discrepancies" and adjust things to avoid conflicts that put the judges in bad situations or the pilots in unfair conditions.

   Maybe that works in some cases, but a big part of the current system was  intended to do just the opposite, to protect the judges from endless harassment generated by the pilot's supporters and cheerleading sections. We have 40+ years of examples of how that works out. Most people don't care and would cause no problem. But if even one person to takes the scores for "analysis" and then launches a jihad (or in the case if stunt, multiple jihads), we end up with everything from arguments to death threats.

      If anyone thinks it couldn't happen, it in fact did happen -  after we published, ex post facto, the scores from just one contest. Scores that changed one person from third place to fourth place by a point or two from one day to the next.

   I think that possibility of misuse  greatly outweighs the risk of judge malfeasance or getting the wrong answer. Someone getting an underserved placing is a minor problem that will average out over time. Allow the judges to  be subject to attacks from poor sports and their supporters, and you don't have an event any more.

      Brett
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Building techniques / Re: Vertigo II Build
« Last post by Gerald Arana on March 25, 2024, 11:06:59 AM »
I took this photo before final sanding and cleaning up the inside of the tips.  I was able to remove a bit more wood to save a few more grams of weight.

Don; I have a question: Why did you hollow out the outboard wing tip when you are going to add weight anyway?   HB~>

Just asking, Jerry
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Open Forum / Re: 2024 F2B World Championships: Be Part of History
« Last post by Paul Smith on March 25, 2024, 11:03:31 AM »
As an industrial engineer, I always use the total time the worker is on the clock, with the understanding that there is some idleness during the work day. 

If an electronic system was to be purchased, it might add a small amount of idle time to the work day.
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Open Forum / Re: 2024 VSC in Review
« Last post by Dennis Nunes on March 25, 2024, 10:44:11 AM »
...Personally, this was one of the greatest events I have ever experienced...

Let's see... A 3rd in OTS, a 3rd in Classic, a 2nd in Ringmaster, Your framed CL handle from 1972 returned to you, and the prestigious "Keeper of the Flame" award. I'd say you had a pretty great week. Congratulations!

Dennis N.
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Speed Talk / Re: Perky Speed at Middlesex 2024
« Last post by Trostle on March 25, 2024, 09:35:22 AM »
We got to fly yesterday.  Temps in the 30's. Breezy
    Schaefer  NR    107.98
    Evon        Cox   106.35
    Evon        NR     98.71

Next meet scheduled  May 5

Which Cox?

Keith
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Open Forum / Re: 2024 F2B World Championships: Be Part of History
« Last post by Trostle on March 25, 2024, 09:32:40 AM »
Writing fifteen numbers on a piece of paper within a seven minute time period is not a job that can be improved with a computer.

The hard copy audit trail is priceless and irreplaceable.

Actually, the determination of fifteen numbers must be made in a combined time period of about 1 minute and 15 seconds (or about 75 seconds).  Could be slightly more or less depending on how quickly an individual judge can make up his mind to determine a score, write down a number, then look up to find where the model is so he can observe the next maneuver.

Keith
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Open Forum / Re: Geo Jr. ???
« Last post by Paul Taylor on March 25, 2024, 08:02:29 AM »
It’s a 40-50 size plane.

I think Lou and Jim took the Geo plans and fiddled with the numbers.
If I remember correctly Tom Morris built the wing or cut some parts.

Lou did a fantastic job putting one of his monokote finishes on it. 👍🏼
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