We HAVE the technology to eliminate human judges... financing it for a model airplane contest is another issue[X(]

What is the average age of the judges? The last WC I attended, the judges were clearly older than the competitors. Why would the aging visual acuity of the judges be acceptable, not to mention the extremely taxing prospect of evaluating hundreds of manuevers per round. Lastly, the complexity of the maneuvers has increased exponentially in the past 10 years (judge a rolling circle - was it really level in all quadrants?) plus the difficulty of judging the unknown sequences - they are unknown to the judges, too (I know the judges should be familiar with the elements, but each flight provides a little more overall reference especially in presentation).

Subjectivity is always an issue in any judged sport (just ask the figure skaters - oh, by the way, check out how much technology they now use in the judging process).

A friend once said to me: 'if you don't like the judging, RACE!'