Fact - countries that have relaxed the weight rule for electrics in the classes below F3A have not seen any escalation in the hardware used by those classes.

Fact - technology development has always come from the F3A class, never from the AMA classes.

Reasonable conclusion - making the playing field even between electric and IC will increase participation by the "casual" flier and have no escalation in the AMA classes at the Nats, other then that which will be developed by F3A competitors. Net effect will be more people participating in the event, primarily at the local level.