Could we use a Test and Evaluation Subforum?

[TShort]

I agree as well ... I am fascinated by a lot of the threads mentioned above, but always have to search (or bookmark) to find the old ones.

[Paul 5r4]

I personally feel like it's a great idea. I understand what your referring to as the test/validation data... Dan Horton comes to mind. I've read some of his many post and he seems to always approache problems then solutions with some kind of testing to reach a valid conclusion.

I would also agree because of this.... when there is something being tested or someone has a problem and we go to VAF seeking answers, sometimes we have to weed through volumes and volumes of opinion type posts to find some good hard point data to help make a decision.

I hope I've articulated my point well enough. I would vote yes to your suggestion.

[David Paule]

Well, after reading the comments following my post #2, I'm inclined to change my mine. However, I think that it would need to be carefully moderated to both stay on topic and permit the occasional pertinent comment that doesn't strictly fit the intent.

How would the subsection be moderated?

A sticky could be written that is akin to the one on the "My RV Build Project" subforum, and I think that might do it. That's just a thought, though. What do you all think?

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Bill, I think your concern applies to the "Flight Testing" subforum more than this one. It's certainly a valid concern.

[Toobuilder]

Originally Posted by David Paule

Well, after reading the comments following my post #2, I'm inclined to change my mine. However, I think that it would need to be carefully moderated to both stay on topic and permit the occasional pertinent comment that doesn't strictly fit the intent.

How would the subsection be moderated?

A sticky could be written that is akin to the one on the "My RV Build Project" subforum, and I think that might do it...

Yep, we would need a sticky to firm up the intent of the subforum, and maybe even provide a "template" for the initial post just to frame the project and make it useful as a research asset (like the classifieds). In an ideal world the OP would act as the Project Manager and keep his thread on track - but in my mind the ability for others to interact within the thread would be one of the strengths. As a last resort the "official" moderators would step in to clean it up if required.