RE: Future of the Scalemasters?
Although it would make it harder for the judges, I think a free style flight of 10 maneuvers where the plane is constantly watches to see if it performed a flight like a real plane instead of chopped up. One after another; if you are climbing for a 3 turn spin you are being judged. It should be like a pilot check ride in the real world; you are being observed all the time. I also believe all planes should do 10 flying maneuvers. If you build a plane with retracts and flaps, it should bring your flight realism score up to par but you should not be able to get a "free"9-10 because; if I build a fully scale shock absorbing fixed gear verses a set of Robart retracts on a P-51, should I not get the same consideration for a complex gear? I think the crowd would rather see 10 things even if a B-17 has to make 3 bombing runs to make 10; it is what that plane does. With the more complex planes, it becomes a contest to see how few flight maneuvers can be done and to get free scores.