ORIGINAL: apereira
The glow set up with no fuel is comparable by weight to the electric set up with batteries, that's why is that way, and the weight with no fuel has been in place years before electrics entered the game, so electric being the new thing was adapted to the fuel powered regulations, not the other way around, if models are to be weighed with fuel, then most will fail weight check, and then the fuel industry in Pattern will disappear.
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Alejandro P.
I don't agree...the guys who run wet powered set-ups are generally lighter than electric set-ups, on the order of 4500 grams give or take. If the contest board decided to weigh with fuel, then a compromise must be reached since fuel is consumed in a flight. As I stated above, a reasonable weight gain is to include the average weight of fuel in a flight, or about half. Guys will quickly determine what fuel demand is for ONE competition flight and change their tank accordingly.