ORIGINAL: burtona
ORIGINAL: cmoulder
There is a FAI rules proposal process through the NSRCA/AMA. If you don't like the rules, that is the proper channel to work through.
This is the what the debate is all about. When enough of the ''we've always done X that way'' people become convinced by the weight of the arguments that the rules are counter productive then the various organization's leaders will correct them.
It will be a huge discontinuity between AMA and FAI if the same weight limit is removed. If somebody ever wanted to move to F3A, he has to assure his planes are under 5000grams. Worse, he has to regain/retrain the skill set for flying a lighter plane.