Tony,

As ED, I am allowed to deviate from the rules as long as I publish before hand what I plan to do, which is exactly why I am putting this out there now. I am actually not deviating from the rule, only the enforcement of that rule based on available manpower. If I was to raise the weight limit, that would be changing the rule. This clause is how we get away with specifying everyone must be a certified judge and that you have to work your "shift" or your highest round will be zeroed. Therefore I do not have to follow them exactly. There is no good way to weigh everyone after exactly the same round, so each plane will be weighed on each day. Also, according the rules if the plane failed weight twice on the same day then the plane could be disqualified. I am not planning to disqualify anyone, only the round in which the plane fails weight will be zeroed. I think this is more than fair to everyone involved. If every plane is weighed everyday one time, then every competitor is on equal ground and there can be no complaints that one competitor was weighed while another was not. I am well within my rights as ED to do this and I have verified this through the proper channels at AMA. As I just said, deviations from the rules can be made if published in advance. I believe that 9 months prior to the start of the event certainly qualifies as in advance. This is no different than a CD allowing any aircraft to fly in Sportsman at your local event. I have done my homework on ALL of this and would not make these announcements if I had not verified through every necessary channel that things can be done this way.

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