ORIGINAL: 1bwana1
Once again, all these charts, and arguments cloud the basic issue.
Sorry, I'm not trying to cloud anything and I’m certainly not protecting anything…I’m just asking questions.
Why are there different weight rules for planes based on chosen power system?
I honestly don’t know. Maybe the orignal authors considered the whole flight and figured glow can takeoff a little heavier and would land a little lighter…averaging out over the whole flight. (just a guess)
Why not different rules based on composite VS wood construction?
Why not different rules based on mono-wing VS Bi-Planes?
Why not different rules based on % of nitro?
Why not different rules based on CDI or not?
Because there are no variable there that would change during the flight (just an opinion)
Any ideas on how we can get the glow to weigh the same throughout the flight?
Nope…I’m just a software developer; we’d need a NASA engineer for that!
I’ve answered your questions, please answer mine: Why is equal takeoff weight more fair than what we have today given that fact that one propulsion system will get lighter throughout the flight?
My point is we should be considering the whole flight when determining what is fair, that's all.