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This won't work very well, in my opinion. Who is going to the Nats
if they start out 5-10% behind? This does nothing to increase
attendance and is detrimental to operation of local contests. All it
takes is an unhappy pilot feeling he was home-towned protesting
vociferously about the heavy airplane that just beat him and
demanding a weight check that might reverse the first and second
places. <br>
<br>
IF the CD denies the protest, you've lost a pilot. If you do a
weight check and it fails, then you've lost a different pilot. To
prevent this, a CD must waive the weight rules on his sanction which
is not normally done now, although it should be. So extra work
and/or hassle for the CD and extra work for scorekeeper/scorekeeping
systems. For what gain? A rule that will not be enforced locally and
will keep pilots away from the Nats just as much as no weight
allowance at all. <br>
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At the very least, preface the rule proposal with something like:<br>
This weight rule will be enforced at the Nats. If a CD chooses to
include this rule at a local contest, he must publicize that fact
appropriately to all potential attendees at least 30 days prior to
the contest. <br>
<br>
At a local contest, this officially leaves us with no weight rule at
all in AMA classes. That's probably OK as we could reject on size if
needed. Personally I would only turn someone away if they brought a
42% Extra to fly in Masters and maybe not even then...<br>
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Cheers<br>
John<br>
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On 3/15/2012 7:54 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ronlock@comcast.net">ronlock@comcast.net</a> wrote:
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<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Here is a copy of another proposal for consideration by the
Contest Board along with the others that have been submitted.</p>
<p>This one does not disqualify a model for not meeting weight
limits. It imposes a score penalty, but still allows the </p>
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<p>Ron Lockhart</p>
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