Weight Limit problem long

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In a message dated 11/11/02 7:43:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, WHIP23 at aol.com 
writes:

<< I agree with all of this, as far as it goes.  The rest of the story, as I 
see 
 it, is that the AVERAGE sport guy has several of these airplanes and comes 
to 
 the field and puts them all together and flies them all.  The reason, my 
 opinion, is that "boring holes in the sky" with no discipline or purpose 
 becomes boring so you need a new airplane for change/challenge.  On the 
other 
 side of this you often see Pattern guys or IMAC guys who have the same 
 airplane for a season two seasons, several seasons.  Maybe the airplane has 
 seen sever engines, has 1000 flights on it etc.  Then he sells it to a new 
 guy moving up and is on to a different plane.  How often do you see a sport 
 plane last long enough or entertain the owner long enough to need a new 
 engine.  Which is more expensive, you do the math, I'm too lazy, but it's 
not 
 as one sided as it seems at first glance.
 
 Bob >>

How very true !  We had a member in our club who sold most of his stuff when 
he decided to make the move to the left coast several years ago. Turned out 
that he had 
25 planes , all with their own radio , ready to fly . Also more engines and 
radio equipment new in the box just sitting around waiting for use. Battery 
chargers of all sorts and all kinds of support equipment. The math isn't that 
hard .

The weight issue comes up on this list about twice a year with all manor of 
reasons why we need to abolish it. Of course , then come the reasons why we 
need to keep it. This time, as I recall , it came up from a rumor that the 
FAI may increase the limit in their rules. That would be a sure-fire way to 
get the limit raised. Our contest board
would see to raising the limit so that we stay in line with FAI .

Personally , I am opposed to raising the limit . Always have been and will 
remain opposed to it . However , the peace and quiet of settling this 
argument would be almost worth changing the rule .

Robert Gainey
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