RE: F3a The Future
To summarize,
1) the 5kg rule affects nobody at local contests because planes aren't weighed, and has very little impact at the Nats. (Did anybody in any category not make weight at the 2012 Nats?)
2) the vast majority of FAI pilots are comfortable with the current weight rule.
Little wonder there's no urgency at FAI to tinker with the status quo.