<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)">With a passing vote of the NSRCA BoD, we respectfully submit to you the new Safety Proposal. Essentially, the Safety Proposal that is currently with the AMA is being retracted and two new proposals put in its place. The first one is simply the Fail-safe proposal that was part of the submitted Safety Proposal. Then, the second new proposal will replace 6.9(a) as 6.9.1 and <u style="font-weight:bold">directly quoted and out of the current FAI Sporting Code</u>. The referred section is on page 16 in 5.1.11 of the FAI Sporting Code for 2012. Please note that in FAI, in order to follow the rule, the disconnect must happen right after landing before the helper picks up the plane. A disarm plug is NOT allowed to demonstrate a disconnect - there has to be a physical disconnect of the wiring and must be seen by an official. Interesting huh!</span><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)">
<span style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)"><span style="font-size:small">Before anyone says it, I disagree that the arming plug does not constitute a physical break in the wiring. Through some consideration and advice from people that have run the Worlds, the plug is external and does not constitute proof that the physical connection internally has happened. That's the FAI rule. As submitted, that part is <u style="font-weight:bold">not</u> written into the proposal. It is simply the direct quote from the FAI Sporting Code. Here is the exact verbiage of the new proposals as submitted to the AMA. I don't know when AMA will get the physical proposals up on their site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:small"><b><u>New Proposal for 6.9</u></b></span></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)"><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)">
<span style="font-size:small"><span>6.9 – Propeller safety - All contestants using radio equipment with a failsafe function shall be able to demonstrate that propeller rotation will either stop or reduce to an idle RPM when the transmitter is powered down while the aircraft receiver system is powered on. Idle RPM for this purpose is defined as an RPM during which the model will remain stationary when already motionless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span><b><u>New Proposal for 6.9.1</u></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)"><span style="font-size:small"><span><br></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(251,252,255)"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">6.9.1 – For electric powered models, the electric power circuit(s) must not be physically connected, before the starting time is begun and must be physically disconnected immediately after landing.</span><span> </span></span></div>
<div><br></div>-- <br><b style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="4">Scott A. McHarg</font></b><br><br>