I've been flying C/L combat for over 25 years, please advise about the AMA C/L program I've yet to uncover. I'll wager that at least 90% of C/L flying is done at non club, non AMA fields. The connection that control liners have with the AMA is very slight. A select few are funded to a degree for FAI competition, but like all other categories must foot their own bill to get past the team trials. Here's where it gets real interesting.....many of your participants in the lesser known categories are also big time RC sport pilots with your standard equipment. So then, who is footing the bill for who? Many of the advancements that the sport flyer takes for granted were borne in competition. In other words it was free R&D for the sport industry. Now who is subsidizing who?