If weight were an advantage we'd all be flying Glow. We could easily add 2-3 pounds of fuel as needed to fly in the wind.

I submit glow is actually flying at a disadvantage because they take off at a much higher weight and that weight changes through out the flight.

FAI and AMA have nothing to do with each other outside we fly the same airplanes. They don't share sequences nor do they share the same rule book for downgrades. I assure you the FAI could care less what AMA does in it's classes.

As far as the Nats, no one weighed a single airplane in Int or Advance during the contest. Most likely due to the fact they didn't have enough workers on that site to do them. Didn't check noise either.

Thats another rule that needs to go away. Who checks noise? Anyone?

The rule book needs to be gone over yet again and bring it in line with reality. If we're going to have rules in the rule book that are not followed even at the Nats why have them in the rule book in the first place?

Tim