I agree with most of what has been said here with the exception of flying to music. 100% against. What are we anyway?, ice skaters or some sort of ballroom dancers!!. There are so many aerobatic events ruined already by music imho. Think of rolling circle variations, one roll circle, 4 point roll circle, reverse rolling circle, 8 point rolling circle, rolling loops and eights, slooooooow roll in a straight line, the list could go on forever. Oh, and not to make the dreadful mistake pattern made in 1984 when turnaround was adopted, on the pretext of slowing down the models and"reducing the noise footprint". Imho true pattern died that year r.i.p.. Also why ban the Shulmans and their like? Contestants need something to aim for and think of the fun when they are beaten !!. Turbine flying has been completely taken over by SCALE models to the detriment of free design. I class myself as an Aeromodeller, and I love all kinds of model aircraft activity, and have competed in Free Flight, Control Line, (U control),and lots of R/C events including Helis. Just one more thing. Please please dont slow the models down. Paul.