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Old 06-19-2008 | 10:08 AM
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Default RE: What IS or SHOULD BE "Classic Pattern"?

A year ago I bought a plane from a friend that I believed was SPA legal. It is called a Sunray and it is a Bipe tha has a stagger wing configuration with the bottom wing a gull shape. I bought the plane with a Hanno and a pipe and now realize that that is not legal. I will be danged if I am going to pull out the Hanno, it runs too sweet. I believe the option should be there for use of piped .60's. I know I am biased because of my situation but 1/2 of the nostalgia of the era is in those old screamiing motors!! I try to fly the current AMA patterns as well and can understand the desire to slow the plane to a more constant speed but to deny us the use of these motors in SPA seems to be contradictory to the spirit of the event to begin with. There is only one SPA event within a 500 mile radius of me now and I believe the more inclusive the rules the more likely for growth in contests and participation.

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