Re: AMA General Rules Proposals that will affect AMA Indoor

From: <leop_at_lyradev.com>
Date: 07 Jan 2018 21:52:47 +0000

Both proposals are from Jerry Murphy of Colorado, a member of the AMA Outdoor Free Flight Contest Board. Jerry Murphy was the applicant for the P-18 class rule proposal in the last rules cycle.

 I find it enlightening to note that at the 2017 Nats in Rantoul, the following took place:
 

 LPP had 14 entries but only 8 fliers,

 STD-Cat had 13 entries but only 8 fliers,
 HLG had 9 entries but only 5 fliers
 P-18 had 8 entires but only 7 fliers,
 A6 had 7 entries and 7 fliers,


 F1D had 7 entries but only 6 fliers,
 Mini Stick had 5 entries and 5 fliers,
 etc.
 

 No class had 10 fliers. Using entries rather than fliers makes it easy to manipulate things by spending money for entries but not flying. The previous year's 2016 Nats at Rantoul had more attendance but many classes still did not meet the 10 entry standard.
 

 Our AMA rules for classes need not include the FAI classes if my reading of the FAI regs is correct. However, given that the F1D class is used for the Indoor World Championship and is often the most popular class at US event sites where flying F1D's, let's say, is more fun, it would be a shame to exclude that class (and classes like F1L, not to mention the US originated EZB class) from the AMA classes. I have some more harsh comments that I will not make in public but both rule changes, especially #2, are an open attack on indoor duration in general. In part, it is the breadth of the different class rules and reasonable, well flying model types that makes indoor free flight a fun and attractive sport.
 

 LeoP (wearing my fire suit)
 

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