ORIGINAL: petec


Can you qualify that statement? I could certainly say the same about the weight rule. I have no issues with any of the rules as they stand and built my plane to stay within the rules. I heard the arguments about glow vs electric weighing, the fuel tank for an electric weighs more than the fuel tank for a glow plane while conversely the fuel weighs less, and those arguments don't pop up now that battery technology has gotten better and airframe construction techniques lighter.

As I have said before, the rules form the boundary that we compete within. If you remove a limitation without imposing an equal limit you will see escalation due to the fact the this is competition and we, as competitors, want to gain any edge we can. You may certainly disagree, and I expect some do, but it would seem that the leeway given the lower classes for weight did not reach to Masters for a reason. By the time you compete at the National level in Masters you have decided to commit time and resources to this hobby that those in the developmental classes may or may not. Now whether that is the sole reason or not is not a concern of mine but it is a valid statement nonetheless.