IOMICA Forum

I agree with Olivier... Having separate rig certificates would just be an unnecessary administration work - without any real benefits... As Lester pointed out - any time you want to assign a certificate to an "entity" you need to assign it some kind of a unique identifier (otherwise, how would you k...

Hi Ralph, I think you may be under a wrong impression of the power that the digital servos (as exerted through a 10cm long arm) can wield. In particular an RMG 280 is far (FAR!) more capable of destructive behaviour (when things snag) than any digital servo configuration I've ever seen. I tested a f...

Hi Barry, I wouldn't call it a waste of time - at least not the part that discussed the issue at hand (the rest - probably)... :lol: Anyway - the fact that class introduced a rule change in which it (attempted) to overcome a potential area of conflict in the past - does (certainly) show that the cla...

Hi Roy, I stated my opinion a while back that I would consider Spektrum receivers (DX6 or DX7) a single receiver because it only has one set of "outputs" for the decoded signal (i.e. "useful information"). However, there does seem to be enough many people of different (and equally valid, I'm sure) v...

Well, I'm glad the "tone" of the discussion has taken a turn for the better. Unbelievable as it sounds, a handful of IOM owners can have a civilized (and, at times, a somewhat humorous) discussion over a topic they don't agree on (but only if they try really, really hard). :lol: (and this despite th...

Hi Lester, The meaning of words, and the interpretations we give to them, are heavily dependent on context, and what we think others are trying to say. Unquestionably... My wife tells me I am a ratbag and a bonehead[...] Wonder why that is? :lol: No, no... That was just a joke!!! Couldn't resist... ...

I've been chewing my lip and biting my nails trying to force myself to stay out of this one except for one prior post in which (I thought) I was outlining my opinion on the actual subject matter I thought we were discussing - but which went largely ignored amidst the flurry of political posturing......

A most interesting topic (but who could expect any less from Henry F.) :-) I disagree (of course :-) ) with a view that Spektrum receiver is comprised of multiple receivers and hence illegal in the IOM class (perhaps because I own one :-) ). In determining what something is (and, therefore, whether ...

Finally got around to it myself (installing the new voltage regulator)... Tested it out with my 2700 mAh NiMh pack today - the transmitter started beeping after 11 hours on... Then stopped beeping (just flashing BATT) and continued working fine for another hour and a half... Voltage got down to 8.0V...

Hi Greg, As you (and everyone) know, HMS allows for different number of heats and heat sizes to accomodate different number of competitors but also sailing conditions (size of sailing water, longest course that can be set, length of the first beat etc.) So, for example, in an event with 36 competito...

Wonderful find Anders... I ordered the part already! Will let you know how it works...

I already run my DX6 off a custom 2700 mAh NiMh pack (which lasts me all day) but (naturally ) couldn't resist something apparently so simple and with such dramatic efficiency improvement.

Marko

Hi Lester, Thoughtful and sensible reply - and I'm pleased to say that most measurers I've encounted tend to follow the approach you've outlined and help guide the process along and make it easy on the owner (where possible). I, also, try to take this approach when called to measure a boat... Most o...

Hi I know that Naviga isn't very popular here :wink: but may I have a word? Hi Gyula, I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say that the discussion(s) on this forum are open to all R/C sailing enthusiasts - although experience in one metre long crafts (which you obviously have) probably helps y...

so, I think not restricting hull depth will result in 'rule braker' boats with funnily shaped very deep hulls. Anders Hi Anders, I disagree... :lol: I would be very surprised if you saw very much change in the basic IOM hull shape if the 60mm canoe-body draft restriction were to disappear... I thin...

I imagine that the easiest way to introduce the "lowers" into the CRs (if the class so desired) would be to remove (or increase) the limitation on the max height of checkstay rigging point in F.3.4.

Oh yes - and remove "if a mast strut is not fitted" from F.5.2(b)(1)...

Marko

I can see that in the other thread in "Class Association and Class Management" there was/is a proposal dealing with the Texalium boats problem that is being debated... Out of curiosity - has there been any discussions in the Exec about merits of reverting to the 2002 version of the D.2.1? In additio...

This is another issue where I thought that the interpretation was not quite correct... In my (admittedly somewhat skewed) mind - I've always viewed a piece of elastic attached to the topping lift on one end and boom to the other as a topping lift tension adjustment rather than a topping lift restrai...

Hi Anders, I have always assumed that because it is a kicking strap (and not, say, strut) that it can only work in tension only (and the explicit 1995 wording was thereafter superfluous by F.2.3)... ERS would not, of course, apply since "kicking strap" is not in bold . However, I could be wrong (in ...

Hi Ralph, For what it's worth - I, personally, think that you're right in your view... I have always thought that "short spreaders" are not class legal (and have never put a pair on any of my rigs)... :lol: My reasoning is simple - ERS defines spreader as "capable of working in compression" rather t...

I think ISAF updated the case book for 2005-2008, and case 81 now notes only that 18.2(c) ceases to apply to the boat that tacked, rather than the whole of 18 ceases to apply. This makes quite a difference! I looked up the case in the ISAF (05-08 ) case book and, while you're right that it now says...

First of all let me preface this (again) that the discussion is about a modified scenario where Blue finishes her tack earlier than shown in the diagram! :) I think Steve has said it, RRS 10 is switched off when RRS 18 applies. I disagree with that - nowhere in RRS 18 is RRS 10 "switched off". Rules...

Hi Steve, I'm not so much having difficulty in going along with Lester on this - in fact, I like the idea that you should not tack in that situation. As you point out - it's usually in order to protect oneself from poor rounding and deny room to boats that you unwittingly left for them. It's somethi...

I hope I was careful enough to say that Blue needs to give room to Green; she is not burdened with keeping clear as far as I can see. Green is protected by 18.2(a), and is entitled to room, so she doesn't have to keep clear, or give room, to Blue. What you said is: Green doesn't have to keep clear ...

So 18 applies. Blue and Green are thus overlapped (Blue threw away her 18.2(c) rights to round without Green getting in her way when she tacked), and I think Green now enjoys 18.2(a) protection as inside overlapped boat from position 6 onwards. Sorry, Steve... (smile) As we agreed - that depends en...

In the example as drawn - I would be inclined to think that in position 6 blue boat is head-to-wind and therefore still tacking (so green need not start evasive action). In position 7 blue has just made the close-hauled course (or perhaps a split-second earlier as Lester suggests). Either way (to my...

Hi Soeren, Thank you very much for your reply!!! I suspected that the battery might be a problem - but only because it was the last remaining component of the system... I've re-worked my wiring path so that everything between the battery and the servo is gauge 22 or better (20) so I figured if not b...

Hi Soeren and others using HS 5955TG... I have a question for you. On my new boat (soon to hit the water) I decided to try out the digital servo as I was quite intrigued by what I've seen from others so far. I bought the 5955 because, well it was lighter for the same specs but more importantly, havi...