There was another thread earlier this year going over the same issues as this one. The result of it was bigger planes get judged with better scores more often than not. If you want to compete in IMAC with other "competitors" then you want to fly bigger planes. If you want to know why people don't enter its because its not welcoming. I was all set and ready to start flying a .90 sized plane this year. After listening to all of it including the gestation of size limits based on everything from engine size to prop size to wingspan, the basic message was still the same. If you want to compete beyond the basic and a bit of intermediate you will fly a big airplane. Well, I found a solution to the problem, because bigger airplanes just don't interest me. Could I afford one? Yes. But I have no interest in putting that much money into a hobby. You can argue that I just don't care to compete against the big boys who are truely good. Having been an olympic class competitor in another sport I can tell you that is bunk. My solution was very simple. I decided to compete in an aerobatic event that allows me to compete and move to any level of competition I want. Its called Pattern. I stopped buiding a backup plane to fly IMAC and bought a .90 sized Pattern Plane. Are there still bigger ones? Yup. But the range of size is not so great. And I'll be able to move up gradually knowing that the size of my airplane will not affect my scoring to the extent it does as you move up in IMAC. I think, and its just MHO, that IMAC may more than a problem with how its percieved by people considering entering it. I have competed in events where size, money, and reputation have large determinating impact to the competition. At one point my reputation began to preceed me and I quite, because it was no longer competion.

bob