Im flying IMAC this year in the basic class and have a question someone may be able to answer for me. While im practiceing, i am told im either flying too close, or not going out on the ends far enough by other seasoned IMAC pilots. My question is why must our planes be out so far (200') or more out front and why do we need to fly so far out to the ends of "the box"? When asking the guys helping me they say things like, " in the upper classes you will need the room for their manuvers". My problem is when i fly out that far on the ends I really cant see whats going on correctly ( wings level ) etc. If im in closer I can fly much better, but am told it LOOKS LIKE im rushing, even tho im not. I lost my cowl on the stall turn at the far end of "the box", and when we located it, it was about 1/4 mile from where i was standing! I fly a 35% 104" ws model and it still looks small that far out there. Im scheduled for a bootcamp & judgeing seminar here in the SE and wanted to see if anyone coud give me a reasonable answer before i get there. Thanks for tolerateing this long post....Gene