Originally Posted by
Propworn
Work it from the other direction. Where would you be if there was no AMA. What rules and regulations does that leave you to fly with. I guess everyone would at least be equal.
Along comes an organization that petitions on behalf of its members for a exemption to the rules why would they not insist you be a member to enjoy the fruits of the effort that has been put forward????????
Almost impossible to know where we would be from an organizational standpoint. We could take a look at some countries that have no aero modeling CBO for some perspective. IMO we would certainly have fewer developed sites to fly from. The competition side would look very different as some events are AMA specific. Q500 racing, Q40 racing, F1 pylon may never have existed, Quarter midget racing may never have existed, AMA pattern and some of R/C soaring. These events as currently flown are/were US specific and sanctioned by the AMA. Without the AMA we would have most likely adopted the more widely accepted FAI events. Not saying that would have been a bad thing just different.