And with that weighty scenario, we need to flag some of the criteria for more careful consideration:
• Manufacturing - Will current equipment tend to be made obsolete?
• Present Models - Will a modeler be able to effectively compete using current models or not?
• Effect on Competition - Will the net effect of the proposed change, if passed, be to promote fairness and to encourage contest participation?
One question is where does this end? Last rule cycle we got 115gms for development classes. This cycle people are asking for 200 or 500 through Masters. Next cycle it will be 6.5Kg and 51v like F3C. Now we've dramatically changed the event (and really driven up cost! ...although batteries should just about be free by 2015 )
Rubber, meet road.[&o]
I read on the Nuance thread (one of them) that AJ's Nuance weighs 4565g (~10 lb 1oz). Next thing you know we'll have guys demanding a
minimum weight.
And when the Lithium-Air batteries hit the market a few years hence, that will present a new dilemma.