Tony,Troy Et Al,

I think it's time to do away with the weight limit. We had an engine size limit for years and now we don't. I believe eliminating the weight limit would actually lower the cost of flying pattern greatly. It would allow many small gas engines to suddenly become usable and open the door to literally hundreds of $400-$500 arf's. Wouldn't take much to build a good 2x2 if the weight limit is gone. Or we could just raise the limit to 55 pounds.

Let's be honest here. We follow FAI so we can ,EVERY OTHER YEAR, send THREE guys to ONE contest. It's time to allow Pattern to evolve beyond what we currently have.

Or......................... we can all go fly IMAC.

I like flying IMAC but the airplanes really don't fly worth a damn as compared to a well trimmed pattern plane.

Tim