ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder
ORIGINAL: saramos
The way I look at it, ARFs and composites are almost exact opposites.
ARFs have all the construction done but no detail.
Composites have all the detail done, but none of the construction.
Of course, there's gray area in there too.
I think it's more in keeping with the spirit of SCALE competition to turn a plain wrapper ARF into a bashed and detailed model that meets documentation, than it is to mount formers, ribs, spars and add all the radio stuff to a composite.
I'm not saying one is more or less work than the other. To me, it's a question of the type of work, detailing vs construction.
Finally, I think it's been well established that the Pro Am is primarily a flying competition.
Scott
Scott,
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Even if the ARF's were allowed in the top classes, you would never see one win. The outline is never 100% or even close. They would lose too many points in static, that they would never make up for it in flight scores.
Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1
I'm sure that's true. I'm not trying to advocate ARFs in scale contests. I was just trying to say that I personally, would appreciate the efforts of someone who bashed an ARF and did a lot of detail work more than someone who built a composite and simply relied on the detail that was already molded into the model.
Scott