Jarvis, that, in my opinion, is not a viable option. I no longer fly F3A because I don't want to compete with two radically different patterns, one much more difficult then the other. Then if I am lucky enough to make the finals, I absolutely do not want to deal with an unknown. That is why I fly Masters.

I really hope people are not making a decision based on flying this on a simulator. I have never seen a simulator that even came close to the representation of actually flying a pattern model. Especially regarding what wind does to flying the sequence.

I still believe the problem of the length of the Masters schedule is not the flight time of the pattern. It is that there are more masters fliers then any other class. That shows a basic problem in the lack of growth in the event and the decline of participation in it. And that decline will accelerate if you make the actual Masters fliers less happy with the schedule they fly.