RE: Updated Weight Requirements?
I don't buy the IMAC plane costs more thing. Of course it's going to cost more, the plane is 120" winspan. That's a silly thing to compare to. Compare it to a 2m IMAC plane. Then you'll see that they are indeed MUCH cheaper. Because they don't have to limit themselves. The size of our 2m box doesn't change from this proposal right? Sizes of our fuses have hugely increased in size. So we build lighter. Lighter seems to cost more to me. I dunno.
Think about this. When the rule changed for us and allowed bigger motors, of course the size went up along with the price. It went to where it is now. Did they design this rule around the current pattern plane? Or did they design it for what there was back then? Or did they just take a stab at it and guess? Do you think they had our current technology in mind when they designed that rule? Do you think they could have built a plane back then to weigh 11 lbs and fit in the box with the available materials?
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