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- From: bill@leeweyr.sccsi.com (Bill Lee)
- Subject: Re: New C/L (control-line) FAI rules
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.024644.7388@leeweyr.sccsi.com>
- Organization: Lee Aerie
- References: <1992Dec18.182341.27111@bernina.ethz.ch> <Bzo3AH.JzH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:46:44 GMT
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- In article <Bzo3AH.JzH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec18.182341.27111@bernina.ethz.ch>
- >>Kibo peny@ppc.lpc.ethz.ch writes: >Combat F2D > Glow engines shall use
- >>a singel simple chamber silencer of min. internal> length 40mm
- >>and max. int. length of 89mm; int. dia. min. 20mm and max. 40mm;
- >> with tail pipe max. int. dia. 8mm. Any other shape of the same
- >>volume limits > (4 to 32 pi cm#) is acceptable. Total length of the
- >>exhaust system from engine > port (xylinder liner) to system outlet
- >>not to exceed 15cm.
- >
- >In the latest Model Builder magazine are some pictures of experimental
- >mufflers attached to various Russian engines. The interesting ones
- >seemed to be made of silicone rubber and were tiewrapped onto the motor.
- >Hmmm.. wonder if a cloth muffler would be within the rules... I'll bet
- >it'd even work at reducing the noise!
- >
- >
-
- Hey, Isky, I didn't see any smiley faces there. Were you serious?
-
- I didn't think so!
-
-
- At the CL World Championships this summer, the Russians (well, all
- the guys from what used to be the Soviet Union) were there showing
- off all of their stuff for sale. The pictures in Model Builder were
- ones that Rich (I think) took. You'll see about the same pictures
- in Model Aviation when they publish the World Championships report.
-
- Yes, one of the "mufflers" was a white rubber-like. It conformed
- to the rules, it didn't do much for the sound level (it's not noise
- if you like the sport!), and it cut the performance some.
-
- The whole muffler thing in FAI Combat is a joke. Legislating the
- dimensions of the muffler doesn't say anything about the real
- question: how do we get the sound level down. Remember the 4mm
- venturi? It was supposed to slow things down AND reduce the sound
- level! (Oh, yes, less power = lower pitch props = higher rpm = just
- as much noise and damned near as much performance.) And then you
- throw in the new, provisional, FAI Combat event JUST FOR DIESELS and
- which require NO (zero, zilch, nada) mufflers, and you have to wonder
- where the thinking is coming from. Diesels are not quiet when they are
- being run for high performance. A diesel at 22,000 rpm is just as loud as
- a glow.
-
- Oh, well, whatever the rules, the good flyers will prevail. And,
- I guess, that is how it should be. I just hope the rules-makers
- don't legislate the event into oblivion.
-
- Regards,
-
- Bill Lee
-