Tim,

That discussion is a slightly different one. I've never understood why we've deviated from the F3A rule book at all. If I had it my way, the AMA rule book would be exactly the same as F3A's with a few exceptions for the lower classes (like weight). Our goal as a pattern community should be to nurture the growth of talent. Why are we, in one breath, up in arms about not sending a junior member to the world championship and in another complaining about some similarities with the F3A rule book? Guess what, if we had chosen a junior member for the world championship and there was no weight limit in AMA, that pilot probably wouldn't have had something to fly! Know what seems silly to me? Not following the all same rules the pilots that design our airplanes do!

Respectfully,