Weight is not the issue!

[George Kennie]

As I perceive the viewpoint, it appears the weight raisers are
saying that if we allow heavier airplanes, then somehow this will
save the Sportsman, pattern-entering pilots, from the high
expenditure of acquiring an ultra-lite fully competitive 2-meter
machine.If the goal is to save wannabe's money, then a case could
probably be made for a ruling making an 8 pound maximum allowable
weight limit for Sportsman only, as a means of leveling the playing
field, both equipment wise and $ wise.In almost all cases, this
would assure the entering pilot that he would not be coming up
against someone flying his Uncle Quique's borrowed Smarragd.
Georgie
P.S. I didn't think about this too long, so it's kinda off the cuff.

Buddy Brammer wrote:

>
>
> Thanks John/ Ron& Ron
>
> Now there are four!
>
> Buddy>From: "John Ferrell"
> >Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: Weight is not the issue!
> >Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:56:38 -0500
> >
> >I understand your frustration!
> >We put many man hours and suffered through strained personal
> relations with our friends only to get a 20% return on the survey.
> Factor in that 5% of the votes came from the committee and it only
> gets worse. On the other hand, perhaps that if they remaining 80%
> is not interested, they should not be considered.
> >
> >Would I do it again? Probably, because it is a job to be done and
> we need to help out where we can. But I should add that a fresh
> team would be best each cycle... at least that is my opinion at
> the moment!
> >
> >My position on the weight issue is pretty soft. It would not hurt
> to give it a try at least in the lower clases at the Nats. But
> that is not my project...
> >
> >John Ferrell
> >6241 Phillippi Rd
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> >"My Competition is Not My Enemy"
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Buddy Brammer
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Weight is not the issue!
> >
> >
> > If the intrest is such that we only have 20% of those flying
> pattern who vote then how in the world are we going to get those
> outside of pattern to try it? As I said before it is up to those
> in pattern to use every means possible to maintain the intrest of
> those already flying pattern.
> >
> > An 80% vote on important issues would indicate to me that
> pattern is alive and well. First of all I believe that most of the
> people who did not vote failed to vote for reasons other than lack
> of intrest. What are they? Every one is trying to figure out why
> new people are not stepping up to try pattern when it looks to me
> we need to search out our internal problems and make an effort to
> solve them. If I dont care and you dont care then who does?
> >
> > Just searching for answers. Is anyone even interested?
> >
> > Buddy
> >
> >
>
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