ORIGINAL: burtona
ORIGINAL: Anthony-RCU
I generally try to avoid this discussion whenever I can but I agree with Ryan. We only have three real limits and they are pretty clear.
In practice, there aren't any real limits as all three are never checked except for one contest, and even there only for a few finalist in Masters class.
Sometimes the only answer is "because that's the way we do it".
In every other nook and cranny of the world where pattern is flown - from Norway to Nigeria to Malaysia to South Africa to Bora Bora - these rules are simply understood and followed because that is what we, as a collective community of like-minded hobbyists, have agreed that we will do.
Seems to work everywhere but with a small minority here.
The 2012 Nats ED has indicated that weight check will be a priority this year, so any of us thinking about going to the Nats should mind our grams, centimeters and decibels, just like every other pattern flier in the world.