ORIGINAL: Scott Smith
ORIGINAL: TonyF
Scott, I'm having a very hard time wrapping my head around your point. Are you trying to say we should be weighing an IC model with half of the fuel that it would use for a pattern? How in the world would you determine that? I'm sure I'm not grasping what you are trying to say.
No, I’m not saying that at all. I’m saying maybe the way we’re currently doing things is as fair as we can get, so don’t change. (That is if No Fuel vs. Batteries is the driving factor for a change.)
Will still have all these other points to work through: [:@]
1. Declining participation – what cause can be attributed to 4.3
2. High cost of participation – what cause can be attributed to 4.3
3. Safety – Is 4.3 making models unsafe
4. 4.3 not enforced at the local level therefore is unneeded
5. Why have an arbitrary weight limit
6. 4.3 was not properly enforced at the '09 Nat's and this needs to be addressed
The biggest hurdle these proposals have <at least from where I sit> is that nobody from D1 (or D2 for that matter) is looking for a change. That wheel just ain’t squeaking here! (If I’m wrong and you’re from D1…please contact me!)
Scott your right. and what about point #6 ? and why hasn't it been addressed? One violation of the rule is too much and can not be tolerated at the Nats level.
after my initial post, I am not in support of the rule change. Because I am afraid it will not be fairly enforced anyhow....
and didn't e-power already dominate the 09 nats - every class except adv was almost a sweep. Isn't e-power already at an advantage over IC for a number of reasons.
Also the fact that guys bring oversized "illegal" weight batteries with them to Nats makes me wonder makes me question a number of other things...... IF you know your not going to make weight with a set of batteries - why bring them to nats ???
The argument that e-planes have a fixed weight seems less solid to me.
Believe me I would love to exploit a new weight limit, for my own competitive advantage and as a model builder.