Personally i think it should be a builder of the model rule. You shouldnt be able to just pay someone a lot more money than someone else can to buy a really great looking plane and enter it in this contest. I have no problems with buying beautiful airplanes, but this should be about the builder. I can see the spread now in Fly R/C. "So, tell me about the plane." "Well, first I paid my builder 5000.00, then I wait a couple of months and I drove and picked it up." Doesnt really seem right. There are some incredible builders out there and this should be their reward. I am certainly not a builder and dont think this one should be won by the pilots. The NATS themselves are reward enough for the pilots, lets let the builders have some fun. Think of how much more impressive you might see some of these planes get if it gets the builder only more recognition,

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