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some personal unofficial comments from what I remember, in no particular order. An accepted way of choosing the event delegate and the technical representative would be welcome. The role of the technical rep was now a bit unclear to the organizers and also to me (not enough homework...). Something a...

The range of the stock system is not that great, especially if you have the Rx in an RC-pot with only a little bit of the Rx antenna outside the pot. My solution was to use a 2 dBi WiFi antenna as the Rx antenna on the boat. When I have time I will post pictures etc. on my website. In short I have s...

(unofficial personal comment) slightly offtopic, but something for the TC to consider: having read C.7.4 I fail to find a definition in the 01-04 ERS for lower limit point . if we want to increasingly use the definitions in the ERS in the future, the rule could read: lower point height ................

Ohh, by the way Anders, which new boat are you considering :?: Now it looks like I am building a Noux2. The Noux hullshape is a modified TripleCrown for which we got a plug cnc milled in 2002. Two or three prototypes have been sailing but I never got time to put together a boat for myself. Right no...

Hi all, I intend to use a HiTec HS-5745MG servo as the sail control on my next boat. Does anyone know what the maximum programmable travel on this servo is ? I plan on getting the HFP-10 programmer or borrowing one sometime in the future but in the meantime I would like to design the sheeting system...

Hi Andy,

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Now, this will be my first attempt at putting a rig for an IOM together, so I’ll apologise now if any of these questions seem a little daft, but…
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Short draft of minutes from the 2005 IOMICA World Council meeting, Mooloolaba, Australia. NCA's present (country representative or person appointed by proxy) AUS BAR CAN CRO DEN FIN FRA GBR GER IRL NOR NZL RSA USA Executive committe members present (or representative appointed by proxy) Lester Gilbe...

Lester: I posted this on the US IOM site, I'm going to re-post it here, First, you say that the "ban" on Texalium and the "grandfathering" of built boats has already been incorporated in the IOM rules. Second, you state that nevertheless the class must now vote on this issue. Third, you have includ...

Just learned about a _stunning_ new application called google earth. It is very much worth a try, go to earth.google.com and download the 10Mb package and install. I find Brisbane and Mooloolaba quite easily, Mooloolaba at around S 26deg 40min E 153deg 07min if anyone from australia has the time and...

Not all items in Part A were voted on by WC Ken Dobbie sorry I did not express myself clearly and perhaps did not understand Roy's question right. what I meant that if rule changes are accepted at the WC meeting then they are final and will be incorporated into the rules without changes. amendments...

Just wanted to ask how the voting at the IOM Worlds is to be run. Specifically, are the rule changes being put up for vote subject to amendment or modification? Further, to the extent an NCA does not support all of the proposed rule changes that are "packaged" together, can the sections be voted on...

How does voting work? each member of the world council has a number of votes, see: http://www.iomclass.org/exec/2005_IOMICA_WC_AGM_Voting_Strength.pdf so the first thing to make sure is that your NCA has submitted a current and valid owner list. For example USA and AUS have yet to do so (deadline 1...

Plain and simple, I don't understand why this proposed new rule can't be amended to not ban colored fiberglass tubes. Finally, I am not clear why in your post you state that the only things that can be voted on at the class meeting in Australia are the items specified on your voting proposals. Can ...

Hi Brad, your opinions as a commercial builder are very much valued. Let's have more of those from you and other builders in 2005-2007 ! - Carbon is banned in hulls & masts but we allow it in goosenecks, winch arms, rudder tubes & mainsheet posts etc( as long as they are not attatched to the hull)? ...

Hi Raplh, While we are in the process of changing some of the Rules, why not bite the bullett and not worry about fiberglass or carbon fiber tubes for things like mast posts, rudder posts. The cost of these tubes, in very wide spread use in the kite industry, are very close to each other, pennies pe...

I've noticed that one of the proposed rule changes involves banning black fiberglass. How will this effect existing boats that use black fiberglass tubes? Just off the top of my head, I know a number of boats that use these tubes for the mainsheet post and the Disco has one across the stern. hulls ...

agenda and proposed class rule changes can now be downloaded from our website www.iomclass.org

To all IOM Registered/Certificated Owners: There are a number of proposed Class Rule changes to be voted on at the World Council AGM in Mooloolaba Australia. The proposal is now posted on: http://www.iomclass.org/exec/ICArulechange05.pdf Each NCA shall vote in accordance with how their Owners vote, ...

Which colour can I use for the sails numbers ? any restriction ? I think the relevant rule is RRS G1.2(a) which states "...clearly legible and of the same colour. Commercially available typefaces giving the same or better legibility than Helvetica are acceptable." so there are no restrictions in th...

Just a reminder to everyone from outside AUS that you will probably need a visa or something called an ETA to enter Australia. Happily I found out that I among a number of countries that only need an ETA which can be ordered online (www.ausvisa.iborders.com). If you need a proper visa then you will ...

When you say that the fin is too thick and the bulb is too light, are the kit parts out of spec and not legal to use in competition? If this is the case, are there aftermarket options available to replace these? A local store sells them here and I might try one out for the kids to use. I think they...

Hi all, This is my first post, so bare with me a bit. I've searched this forum for my next question, but the feedback wasn't what I wanted. Basically, the question is... Is the Robbe WindStar suited for IOM Racing and is it within the class rules ? Tks in advance, Cheers Luís Duarte take a look at...

Nordic Cup Race 3, the Nordic Championships, were held this weekend in Veddelev, Denmark. 28 boats completed 17 races during two days to find out the new Nordic Champion: Soeren Andresen, DEN ! Congratulations ! Results: http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/~awallin/surcp/tulos/Final_result_NM_2005.pdf pi...

It's now clear that we will have one or two computers available with mobile cdma internet access. Possibly we'll also have a projector for powerpoint or similar. At a bare minimum we can summarize what happened and write here to the forum after the meeting. I'll consider any suggestions you would ha...

hmm, good question. 5. ISAF Regulation 18.4 provides that the ISAF–RSD may hold one annual World Championship per ISAF–RSD Class up to a maximum of three World Championships. The IOM ICA is authorised to approve up to one annual World Championship for the IOM Class. There appears to be no limita...

RoyL wrote:Has any thought been given to a computer link to the IOM General Meeting at this year's IOM World Championship so that the meeting could be observed by those not in attendance?

Not yet, but we could try to do something.

Do you have any particular software in mind ? Preferably free !

Yeah ! my 3VCS arrived today. There seems to be a large price difference among shops. Mine came from Hong-Kong and I paid a reasonable 302 eur for Tx+ PCM module + R113IP Receiver and a 700 mAh battery. I know there are good reasons for supporting local hobby shops but when they are asking 495 or 50...

Received my system last week... and ofcourse the little engineer in me wanted to look what's inside ! : http://el-servo.physics.helsinki.fi/personal/awallin/picture_page/2005/2005_05_may/2005_05_may.htm I don't have a compatible Tx yet but it is on order. ... One thing I would love to see is for som...

I have had the system in my 3VC for nearly a month. It has worked fine at short range, up to 600ft but I was waiting to do some long range testing before posting on the forum. There have been some negative coments about this. The system drops in nicely and is very simple to set up. The rx is very l...

Sepktrum RC (www.spektrumrc.com) seems to be a really nice development of radio control technology. This was discussed here before but I was reminded of it in a recent article in MMI. Information about which stick-radios are compatible with the system seems to be hard to come by... In the MMI articl...