[NSRCA-discussion] My Head is Spinning

[Ron Hansen]

Holly crap.  The thread about the 2017 NATs, the Sportsman tread, the
Anthony Manifesto and a few others are all over the place.  The general
consensus I heard prior to these threads is basically to leave well enough
alone which is basically where I come down on all of this.  I think
Sportsman, Intermediate and Advance are fine where they are and shouldn't
get any more or less difficult.  This is a competition so the Sportsman
pilot is assumed to have some basic aerobatic competency not someone who
just graduated from a trainer.  My sense is if you significantly change the
rules for the lower classes you will lose a lot of the current regular
competitors and if my hunch is correct you won't attract any more new
pilots.

 

If we were going to do anything and I know this won't get any traction it
would be to go to a NASCAR set of pattern rules for the AMA classes where
everyone flies the same plane, same motor and same servos and same speed
controllers.  This would allow the one or two designers to be virtually
guaranteed plenty of business which should significantly control cost.  I
know this is a pipe dream but it has merit.

 

I also don't like dumbing down Intermediate and Advance because it gives me
the sense that we are the Red Headed Step child of pattern.

 

People aren't leaving because it is too hard they are leaving because they
aren't competitive.

 

Ron

 

 



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