Pete,

What would be good for Sportsman, Intermediate and Advanced would also be good for Masters. As I have said before, it is a matter of making the airplanes fall under the same weight requirements and of reducing the costs, primarily of electric models. Also, keep this in mind. A legal, just under 5kg F3A model that can get through the pattern with plenty of pad on 4300maH batteries would not work in Masters. Do not some of those used F3A airplanes go to Masters competitors?

I feel that any competitor, in any class of pattern, that wants to win bad enough at the Nationals level will do whatever they need to do to attempt to achieve that goal. Certainly not just in Masters. But the entire idea is to try to make it just a bit easier on the wallet to reach that goal.

Don't you think that there is a basic flaw in a rule that you just recommended I should violate at a local contest? Just so you know, when I discovered my model was over the limit with 5000 maH packs I never competed with them again. I used them to practice and flew the 4350's in the contests. I've got new models coming for this year and a wing kit from Dave Snow for my current model to get some weight out.

I think that if they do indeed process all models at the Nats next year we are going to see a significant number of people not bother to attend. I know for a fact that there were many there last year who knew their models were over the weight, but also knew they would not be in contention to make the finals.