After organizing and running an IMAC contest with absolutely no help from the IMAC organization,(This was the first year that IMAC went to 5 classes, but failed to produce a scoring program for CD's to use), I looked around for other alternatives. Having talked to the organizers of SCAT I invited them to hold a contest in Phoenix. The whole thing is run like clockwork and when you consider the average turn out is 40 plus pilots per event, that is pretty outstanding.
The incentive to fly more than just your local contest is also there, with great prizes for the class winners for the season. Even just at the contest the pilot draw at the end of the meeting will almost always ensure that you go home with at least half of the $50.00 entry fee in some form of prize. the top prizes often being worth several hundred dollars. Given the choice of between flying a SCAT or a regular IMAC event, SCAT wins every time with me.
Now if you want to talk about the Tucson Shootout IMAC event............that is another thing altogether!