Oh yeah, well I have not joined the list guess I need to, I just have seen and heard things going on with the guys at my club and well I thought maybe this could be a way to fix it. Not many SPA guys on here but a few.
I see your point and his as in for everyone just to get good and move to the next level then you will not be competting agaist novice folks BUT, why move up if your not good enough to take top 5 anyways in novie? is the guys in sportmans not that good either?
Not knocking anyone but just trying to put out what could happen. No matter what class your in someone is always going to be better then you ( not you but you know ones flying) or doing whatever your doing.
well I always just sport flew then after being out of flying seen the 3d and electric and just had to learn so I did then i seen a guy flying IMAC I thought it looked cool and I flew it a while now SPA, I will never go to more then 3 events all yr cause of money issues but its fun. but I will never be a top compeditor at it.
I love to fly for fun, same patterns every flight really bore me, but it is HARD to do over and over just perfect.
ORIGINAL: rainedave
Seems to me this was discussed recently on the SPA email list. I think one member suggested that your points should only count if you are flying an SPA plane. That way, any newcomer could try out Novice with any type of plane, but it wouldn't effect the yearly standings for those who compete at multiple contests using SPA planes (the dedicated competitors). I have read that the SPA's Novice class has been growing quite a bit this year. I would guess that if enough members cause a big enough stir, they will look for a solution.
Like Ed was saying, practice (something that I don't do, so I'm one to talk). The best solution is to work your own way up to Sportsman.
David