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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Bob.. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Poorly disguised rule changes have
driven more from the sport than any words or hashing about the sport.
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial> Del
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob Richards</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">General pattern discussion</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules
Proposals</DIV>
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<DIV>Guys,</DIV>
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<DIV>For the life of me, I can't see why everyone is getting bent out of
shape over the proposed weight limt rule for the lower classes. It
opens up the possibilities for someone wanting to get started in pattern
and competing in the lower classes, IMHO. If someone in the upper
classes has a plane that is at the weight limit, but is unable to repair
the plane without it going over the limit, then it becomes a perfect
hand-me-down for someone getting started. </DIV>
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<DIV>The fact is that the proposed rule does not exclude any planes
that are already legal. The guys that build light know they should have
a better flying plane than one that is heavier. The only reason I can
think of that people with light planes can get upset with this rule is
that someone with a heavier plane might beat them. </DIV>
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<DIV>OTOH, how often are models weighed at local contests? I never saw
it done in the years I flew, but that was before the electrics came on
the scene. Tell me, does any CD weigh planes at a local event now? If
not, then I am really confused about weight limit discussions where
someone says it is ruining things to raise the weight limit, when no one
is checking it at local contests anyway. Why all the fuss (one way or
the other) about a rule that no one enforces except at the Nats?</DIV>
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<DIV>I really don't have a dog in this hunt. I'm just confused about all
the strongly worded comments going back and forth. This, IMHO, does more
to turn people off from pattern than any rule change proposal.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
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