Buxton, Romash, and I had a lot of time to think and talk on our way back from the EAA contest. One topic was an Indoor FF incentive program modeled after soaring's LSF program.
The idea came up several years ago during one of the "experts are ruining the beginner events" discussion iterations. The complaint was that new beginner events are easy for a beginner to win at first, but inevitably become harder as people figure them out. With the incentive program, the achievement levels stay the same for each new participant.
Here is our outline. As with LSF, we could maintain an online list, and award stickers for each achievement level (though, unlike LSF, the stickers would go on your toolbox, not your model). Comments?
LIFA (League of Indoor FreeFlight Achievement)
Level 1:
- 5 minute Indoor rubber flight
Level 2:
- 10 minute Indoor rubber flight
- 30 second Indoor glider flight
Level 3:
- 20 minute Indoor rubber flight
- Attend 2 contests
- Obtain a CD license
Level 4:
- 30 minute Indoor rubber flight
- 1 minute Indoor glider flight
- Attend 3 out-of-state contests
- Win 3 events at sanctioned local or out-of-state contests
Level 5:
- 40 minute Indoor rubber flight
- 7 minutes with a cabin model
- Event Direct the Indoor Nats
- Set a national record
- Write an Indoor FF article for publication
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