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- From: thorn@phoenix.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn)
- Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets,news.groups
- Subject: Re: RFD: rec.models.scale
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.171555.7311@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 17:15:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.182156.7928@advtech.uswest.com> rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray) writes:
- >In article <13659@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) writes:
- >> Actually, since most models are by definition 'scale', I would proposed instead
-
- RC aircraft are usually not scale, but they are models. The
- aerodynamics don't scale down very well, so different portions of the
- aircraft are in different scales. Some RC models have only the very basic
- fuselage shape of the original while the shapes of the wings and tail
- surfaces are grossly distorted so the damn thing will fly.
-
- The models that people discuss in alt.models are built to a single
- overall scale and, in fact, are miniatures of the real thing. I think
- rec.models.scale would be more appropriate. That is all I'm going to
- say about the name of the group (maybe...)
-
- >Me, I'll just be happy when we have our rec group, whether it's .scale or
- >.misc. I'll still post kit reviews, I'll still try to answer new modelers'
- >questions as well as I can... I just want us to go beyond the alt realm...
- >
- >Other views on this question?
- >
-
- If I see any more discussion on what the group should be named I'll
- just puke on my keyboard. What does it matter? Have you folks ever
- read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?. In the book Pirsig
- spends a lot of time differentiating between people who are more
- concerned with the form/style of things and people who care more about
- the utility/function of things. Is the name of the group more
- important than the content? It is more important to get it in the rec
- hierarchy than to get the appropriate name! Stop it!
-
-
- --Jesse
-