We're on the verge of the same thing happening with A6 depending on how the
rules voting goes.
On Apr 12, 2014 5:48 PM, "mark bennett" <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> <<I'm not sure that both of those can be accomplished but several people
> are on the verge of record setting performances and I'd hate to see that
> effort go to waste.>>
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> Yes, but it (in a sense) would all go to waste anyhow on Jan 1, 2015.
> Wanna get an AMA Category record, anyone? Fly somewhere on Jan 1 with a
> sanction, and you'll probably get AMA record, even if short-lived.
> On Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:37 PM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> It seems too me that for purposes of AMA records that the old rules
> should apply until the new rules go into effect. But I agree with Leo that
> it would be a good idea to to fly under the new rules in competition. I'm
> not sure that both of those can be accomplished but several people are on
> the verge of record setting performances and I'd hate to see that effort go
> to waste.
> On Apr 12, 2014 5:29 PM, <leop_at_lyradev.com> wrote:
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> For the US F1D fliers, I cannot more strongly suggest that we
> immediately adopt the new FAI F1D rules, even if we need to do so with an
> informal "gentle persons'" agreement. This includes flying for
> qualification for the USA team trials and at the Nats this year. We need
> to get as much experience as we can with the new rules as we will need fly
> to those rules for FAI competitions.
>
> Given the reduction in motor weight, I also suggest that the Team
> Selection committee reduce the "Fly Often" time. To first order, the time
> should be reduced to 80 minutes. However, we could make allowance for
> those flights flown to the new rules by multiplying the times by 1.5 for
> the purposes of "Fly Often " qualifying times. This latter proposal is
> more balanced and allows the times already flown to the current rules and
> the times flown to the new rules to be made "equivalent."
>
> I am not a top F1D flier but I will walk the talk and fly under the new
> rules from now on, including Kent in two weeks. It is easy to do so by
> using a 2/3 motor (current rules) and the corresponding dummy spacer until
> new planes are built.
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> LeoP
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