Re: Re: New poll for Indoor_Construction

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:17:17 -0400

Regardless of how the poll is worded Nick made a point that I've been
meaning to bring up. It seems like the question of the legality of
buying pre-built VP hubs is the driving force behind this discussion. If
we make a change in the AMA rules to prohibit bought hubs then it is
only going to affect competition in the USA. So if bought hubs are NOT
made illegal under FAI rules then our F1D team would POSSIBLY have a
disadvantage in the World Champs - especially if some game changing
development came along in VP hubs where the only practical way to get
one would be to buy it.

There aren't very many AMA events where VP's are normally used, so the
largest effect of prohibiting bought hubs would be on F1D, where our
rules would be at odds with FAI.

On 10/27/2012 1:01 PM, Nick Ray wrote:
>
> To whomever created to poll.
>
>
> There is still an issue with the way the questions are worded. The BoM
> rule for FAI events is the FAI BoM rule not the AMA BoM rule because
> the AMA rule book defers to the FAI for rules regarding FAI classes.
> Therefore, It is entirely possible to change the AMA rule without
> changing the FAI rule. Indeed, the AMA rules are much easier and
> quicker to change than the FAI rules because of the two year freeze.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
Received on Sat Oct 27 2012 - 12:17:32 CEST