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</head><body><p>I support these ideas. It could be the specific numbers would need adjustment as we get experience with them..<br></p><p>Our noise rule specifies a percent handicap and works well.<br></p><p>Ron Lockhart<br></p><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div>On February 24, 2017 at 7:09 AM Anthony Romano via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org> wrote:<br><br><div><br></div><div> 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.</div><div id="ox-a74b6481e7-divtagdefaultwrapper" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" dir="ltr"><p 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="text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 14pt;">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="ox-a74b6481e7-MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="line-height: 21.46px; font-size: 14pt;">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="ox-a74b6481e7-MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="line-height: 21.46px; font-size: 14pt;"><br> </span></p><p class="ox-a74b6481e7-MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="line-height: 21.46px; font-size: 14pt;">Anthony</span></p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br></div></div></blockquote><p><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</blockquote></body></html>