Put aside the tail touching for a minute and look at how the AMA is "working for the modellers". Rule gets made to eliminate tail touching because it's dangerous, next issue, rule gets made that helicopters are dangerous and should only be flown 200' away from anything. Next rule Turbine jets need to be flown only during the hours of 3 and 4 in the afternoon. All of these are made up examples but could become rules if someone at the AMA headquarters decides to make them such.

The problem is that the AMA is not working for the modellers anymore. The people making the rules at the AMA are not actively persuing the areas of the hobby that they are regulating, and they are not seeking the experience of the guys that ARE active in those areas. I fly turbines like Mr. Matt and have seen the same things as he has over the last 5 years. The only difference with the tail touching and the Turbine regulations is that they are starting to regulate what affects you guys! It's time to put the modellers back into control of the AMA!