I guess what upsets me the most isn't the fact that rules proposals get turned down but the fact that there is so very little input from the community. I do not believe the community voice is heard and if it is, it is let in one ear and out the other with a simple pat on the back saying, "It'll be OK".<div></div><div>I am also quite disheartened by those that say a lot of these cries are from the "lower classes" and not from the "top competitors". Well gentlemen, guess what...these "lower class" pilots that are making their voices heard are the future of F3A which this thread just happens to be about. They aren't stupid and their opinion matters. In most cases, development class rules follow fairly closely those of F3A and therefore, should be considered when making a rule. This isn't stock car racing. We don't all have to fly one of 4 designs and a specific displacement of engine or motor and run a specific airfoil or anything else. This sport is and has always been about innovation. That innovation comes from all ranks. Those that think that only top pilots are what matters are sadly mistaken and they are not the only folks with ideas. Guess who supports trips to world championships and such? It is the entire pattern community which is almost completely comprised of those that do not even fly F3A much less "top competitors". Why is it that the logic behind the votes are never given to us to digest?</div><div></div><div>Honestly, I'm OK with the 5000g limit. I'll make weight regardless of where that variable (more like a constant) is. I will stick to my guns and request equality though. Imagine this for a second...think of the innovation that would happen if the rule stayed at 5000g but IC had to weigh with fuel. Imagine what would happen then. Actually, maybe it is more appropriate to say imagine what could happen then.</div>