More unitended consequences.....

The old rules called for rating motors with installed thrust. We could rate motors at higher output and then tell the user dial them back to achieve the installed thrust number they needed for any particular installation, pipe configuration etc....everyone is happy.....has that been dropped in the new rules??

So if they do not raise the thrust limit, we will drop back to 35 lbs, uninstalled. We just lost several pounds of thrust right there......it just keeps getting better.


As for the weight issue, not everyone flies at an AMA field, I would guess 90% of all my flights are not under AMA rules. I am only under AMA rules when I go to a ralley, so maybe I have a plane that can only be partially fueled at an AMA event. Some of the guys at the World Masters go through the same thing. No big deal.