ORIGINAL: vicman
It seemed pretty simple to me. If you don't have a rulebook event, are not doing strickly demos, and are not catering to a select group of people, it would be a non-rulebook (class C) event with the restriction of only helis being flown that day. When we do the speed rally, we do class C since it isn't a rulebook event but restrict the event's activity to doing speed passes.
We also add that we will do buddy box instructor flights.
For our pylon race I entered it as a class C but when the sanction came back they changed it to A with restrictions since we were following 424 so closely. My thinking in going in as C was I didn't want to deal with the anal crowd about every little technicality under 424 (wing numbers etc) but I'll work with it.
RC History 101:
When Dave Platt succeeded in separating all Scale events into a separate Catergory for model competition purposes, an agreement was made that any event where static scale judging was performed, then such event would be under the SCALE Category.
Then came an event, originated in Saint Louis, later got reenergized by Jim Allen, then out in Phoenix, and became very popular there and from there to Sacremento CA. I brought it here to the Houston area and was successful for some 3 years but it then drifted away. The event was Scale WarBird Racing with 1/2 the score static judging and 1/2 racing. I tried for several years to get the event in the rulebook but it was snuffed by the hard-core scale folks, as well as the hard-core racers which finally killed the event completely with a continous creeping of the racing over scale.
All in all,
the personal interests of a few finally kept a great event, as initially developed, from popular activity simply because they were only interested in THEIR own interest and not that of the overall good that such an event was providing for the basic sport flier with an ARF and not afraid to chase others around the pylons.
Back to C-R. When that event was sanctioned, it had to be
"C" It was NOT Rulebook so all RB events are eliminated. Only C and C-R remain as it was NOT a demonstration but active competition in both static scale and racing. The RULES for the event adequately restricted the machines that could be entered. Any AMA member was elgible to enter his/her WARBIRD which was better defined as a prop-driven airplane active 1935 through 1948 or about those times, therefore C-R was eliminated because all AMA members were elgible. BTW, Waivers for the Pylon distance rules were required.
You have a pylon race. Pylon has additional safety rules that are a continuation of the official Safety Code. If AMA should have a problem with your sanction application, that is where it will most likely be.
Now in the sanction application is a spot where you define the difference between your event and the official RB wording.
Page 1: >>>> Club Name _______________________________________ Club # ______________
If event is restricted to members of a certain organization or group, indicate the name
of the group here.
DO NOT LIST TYPES OF AIRCRAFT HERE. (If this is the
case the event must be sanctioned as a Class B or C-Restricted event.)<<<<
NOTICE: If you restrict to people it is B or C-R. FORGET the airplanes.
Then on the bottom of the page, item #4
>>>>>Section 4 - Event Rules Deviation Information
You must list any deviations from the current rulebook below. The AMA Technical Director must approve all deviations from the rule book. Any approved deviations must be handled as indicated in the AMA Competition Regulations. General Information section, under Contest Directors.
Additionally, list all other events not indicated in Section 5 of this application. Any special safety precautions should also be indicated below.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>
So Folks, you are informed in the regs, you are prompted in the forms. My course in C-R 101 is NOW complete. If you fail to get that "A" don't blame the instructor.
