I completely agree with ajcoholic:
ORIGINAL: ajcoholic
IMO this site has been self moderated and well done at that. Look at how many posts involve larger than "1/2A" engines/planes.... not too many huh?
I dont think any change is needed. And I especially dont think anyone asking about, say, a Cox 09 or similar, should be booted out to another forum where the rest of the guys will go "Huh?"
Just my opinion but why change it if it isnt broken?
Andrew J Coholic
I like to fly and build 1/2a planes, but I understand that not everyone powers their 1/2a plane with a 1/2a engines.. Example: My Ace Whizard is powered by a Cox .049, but I also have a Herr Starcruiser (also a 1/2a plane) has a Norvel .061 mounted on it (even though I'm too scared to fly the darn thing!) I still consider this 1/2a group to be the place to ask questions about both planes and both engines. Also, a lot of guys power their 1/2a warbirds with Norvel .074 engines.. But, I still see these planes to be 1/2a.
I found this forum when looking for 1/2a sites, so I think if we changed the name, a lot of new people that are interested in 1/2a stuff would have a harder time finding the forum. Personally, I see engines like OS .10's and bigger to be another size all together, but I guess if you can fit one on a 1/2a plane, then there you go! Maybe if we HAD to define the aircraft that will be covered in this group, we could go by plane weight or size? I would guess that 32oz would be the upper limit, but I could be too much of a newbie to decide that.
I don't know.. I know this is an informal poll, but my vote is for keeping this group how it already is..
Jason