Originally Posted by
airraptor
I think the problem here is the availability of aircraft that will get people to race. sure there are plans out there and there a few kits but not many arfs. I like the idea of a 2:00 break out.
I think for an additional class the sportsman might be a better choice to get more involved. In the sportsman I could allow F-1 designs. thinking the sportsman might combine, RENO F-1, sportsman, T-6 and Biplanes in one group. Anyway thoughts?
Jeff,
When I stated in my initial post . . . "If you want to pay homage to the other forms of scale racing, why not open it up to all the non-warbird prop-driven classes (biplane, Formula I, and sport), as well as include Golden Era? The break-out serves to help mitigate the advantage one design would have over another, while allowing most
everyones' interests in scale racing to be included."
. . . I was suggesting combining all of these into just
one class with a 2:00 minute brackout. Let the breakout be the mitigating factor as each type/class of plane would race against the other. Not alot of ARFs means many would feel the need to scratch build or build from plans, thus making it difficult to get sufficient numbers of entries to try to run
multiple classes -- at least initially. Think how you'd feel if you built a biplane, but no one else did, so you go through all that work, and then show up, only to find you don't have a valid class. Allow all, for the initial event, and based on participation and feedback, then revise for potential later events.
Just my opinion.