ORIGINAL: twtaylor
So IMAC changed the rules to fit the airplanes and flying style rather than make the airplanes fit the rules?
I don't see how this was done.
The standard is about 100-200yds off the deadline. even a .40 glo is pretty easy to see at this distance.
What IMAC is trying to do is keep the pilot at a safe "consistent" distance. If your plane is very small of course you can fly slightly closer so it presents better.......but that doesn't mean right up on the judges. It also doesn't mean fly so far away that the judges cannot see the plane.
Now if the pilots eyes are bad (as stated in the first posts) and it requires him to fly very close.......well that is a deduction on the ACS and has nothing to do with plane size.
That would be like saying I'm missing a thumb so I shouldn't have to incorporate rudder corrections. A physical disabliity does not weigh into the scoring of IMAC.