ORIGINAL: southern_touch9
I think Dave Brown has some serious issues. He plays far too many "what if" games for me. I would be interested to see the % of near misses and accidents due caused by tail touching as I would to warbirds doing low passes. In fact I would also like to see a comparison in % to the amount of times that a student gets out of control and comes hauling tail down into the pit area. There is danger involved in this sport DUH!!! But passing this rule is ridiculous without passing other rules regarding safety that have a much higher risk factor. It all boils down to the old guys in charge. They dont like 3D flight and this is the best way to strike at us.
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Exactly right!
How do you prove a negative like some would have done?
HMMMM.... What if there was not a “what if”?
When it has been determined that a particular style of flying has PROVEN to be more dangerous than WE are willing to accept then actions should be taken. So far IT has not been proven to my satisfaction that 3-d flying posses a problem greater than many other types of flying. Bottom line...those in charge JUST SIMPLY DO NOT LIKE 3-D or whatever you want to call it.