IJMC - International Jet Modeling Committee

David,
I think I feel like it about like David does, it takes away from the competition. Now it will become a pocketbook model cometition where those with the bucks can show up and get a high score (especially since the weight of the static scores, as I understand it, did not change). The new rules supposedly were a way to make the smaller models more competitive since the larger models (ie, Hawks) were dominating the scene. I think the steps were to drastic. It should have used a rule simlar to what Frank Tiano uses at Top Gun, a three year rule where essentially a model cannot be used again without signifcant changes. I would like to have seen a winning model essentially retired where that same model cannot be used again in the next competition, and if the same model is used by the same pilot a deduction is given.

There was nothing wrong with the builder of the model rule, if it would have been enforced universally. There is no reason why a pilot who shows up for static judging cannot sign a statement in front of the head judge that declared he is the builder of the model, and at that point and time his classification (expert/pro) is dtermined and he is scroed in that manner. I submitted this rule, and noted in the minutes of the last IJMC meeting that it was never discussed, or at least not noted in the minutes.

I was extremely happy to see there are now two sets of judges, however I am confused by the lack of enthusiasm to run two flight lines. Cannot two models be flown safely at the same time? I mean here we do this all the time and it is not a problem, is would certainly provide an avenue to speed up the process, and maybe we could even incorperate more flights.
Tommy