ORIGINAL: can773
ORIGINAL: Scote
Great thread !! I'm in the market as well and a ''covered'' 2M ship would be my choice so that I can handle the repairs, dings & hanger rash that almost always comes with models,,,,,Five color paint jobs are not in my personal repair abilities, five color covering is.....
I have to wonder why, with the emergence of more affordable electrics for us now, why are the 2M ships weighed with batteries in? The IC models are weighed without fuel,,,,,,could that be a change the pattern community needs to help it grow-Keep the 2M plane specs, relive the weight rule to reflect modern times, weigh them without batteries (fuel)...IMO
Scott,
How's it going?
In Canada the MAAC classes are weighed without batteries, we made that change a few years back. Only FAI is required to weigh with packs, as that is an FAI rule.
Hi Chad, its going great,,,,,,It seems I don't have all the rules straight, so in USA, planes in the lower classes are weighed with batteries in?.....Not that you would get weighed in a lower classes anyhow but there has been talk here about over weight ships and manufacterures suffering sales because of that. If I go to a contest in the US is my Canadain plane going to have to make weight with batteries in?