<html><body><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">A caveat about any handicapping situation...</div><div aria-label="Compose body">I used to fly in SAM contests, the limited engine run events. Schneurle ported engines were given an 18 second run time, non-Schneurle engines 23 seconds. Super Tigre 'airfoil ported' engines from the early 70's were classified as non-Schneurle, but they ran within just a few RPM of the modern engines like Jetts and Nelsons, so the extra five seconds made them the engines to have. </div><div aria-label="Compose body">Handicapping gets real tricky.</div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Scott</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Anthony Romano via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br><b>To: </b>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, February 24, 2017 7:09:31 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposals<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto" data-mce-style="font-size: 85%; color: #575757;"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 100%; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 100%; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 100%; color: #000000;"><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" data-mce-style="font-size: 100%; color: #000000;"><div><br></div></div><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> After all of the perpetual comments on the list about the weight limit and other technical rules why not change these to a score penalty instead of disqualification? This way if comes to an event with an overweight or oversize or loud airplane they get a 2% score penalty and aren't told to go home.</p><p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The other big complaint is the perceived intimidation factor of flying smaller airplanes. <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">In an effort to reduce that anxiety I am thinking about proposing a bonus to raw scores for Sportsman and Intermediate based on wing span. Planes with a span under 55" would receive a 4% bonus and under span 65" would receive a 2% bonus. It should be possible to input this during registration to automate the process. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; text-indent:0.5in" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:21.4667px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;">The numbers I have picked are somewhat arbitrary but the idea is people can show up with a variety of aircraft and either be rewarded for trying in the entry classes or compete without the expense and effort of complying to the comply to the current standards.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; text-indent:0.5in" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:21.4667px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;"><br> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; text-indent:0.5in" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:21.4667px" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.4667px;">Anthony</span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>