ORIGINAL: daven
Vicman, you may want to look at the rules that they use for the German Speed Cup and try to stay consistent with that.
Who knows what it will grow into??
Indeed it would be nice to 1:1 compare speeds objectively!
BTW, these are no German but
FAI based rules (i.e. internationally compliant).
Here’s a PDF covering the rules for the
F3S Speed Cup including data for
- max speed plane wing load
- max. engine capacity per class (F3S-A, F3S-B, etc.)
- 200 m speed trap layout and suggested (required) technical equipment
- recommended plane colour scheme (for safety reasons and for improved detectable optical signal)
- etc.
http://www.f3s-speedcup.de/documents..._KZF36-585.pdf
These rules have been refined during the last decades and will guarantee comparability all over the planet.
Regards
P.S. Other F3S related links with loads of pics:
http://www.rc-network.de/magazin/art...rt_102-01.html (Speedcup 2006)
http://www.rc-network.de/magazin/art...rt_068-01.html (Speedcup 2007)
http://www.rc-network.de/magazin/art...rt_064-01.html (history)
http://www.f3s-speedcup.de (official German F3S home page)