Re: A-6 rules change

From: Mark <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:54:00 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen"
<b.gowen_at_...> wrote:
>
> All of these suggestions make perfect sense. But there is a big
problem. A-6 is a well established event. A number of people have
spent considerable effort in developing models that meet the current
rules and perform extremely well.

Isn't that a "big problem" for any event facing a rule change?
Consider the 100s hours of work some F1d flyers had to shelve when
rules changed--no comparison to something as simple as A6 (wah,
wah..)

<<I think the result would be an event that might draw in some
newcomers but also might lose some of the people who currently fly
the event.>>

I'll take the newcomers any day compared with a half-a-handful of
specialists perfecting the "beginner's event" for a decade or two.
But fortunately, the rules as they exist still attract a few
newcomers. Just don't tell them they won't be competitive with their
first few models--but that's the same story with any model class, eh?

>
>>a totally new event at the club level probably makes the most
sense, although the process would stretch into years instead of being
a quick fix.>>

Yep. I had figured A-6 was ripe to be introduced as a provisional AMA
event, but not anymore, what with all the unrest and impending rules
riots!
Mark F1diddler
Received on Sun Nov 23 2008 - 09:54:09 CET

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