Jack - As I recall there may have been some way to get a waiver from the AMA on the weight issue for special circumstances. It would all need to be sorted well in advance if you knew who was coming and knew that weight was going to be an issue. If the limit has been increased to 50lbs it might not be a problem.
happy trails - Rob In a message dated 10/23/2003 8:54:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > As a note of interest, both events are unofficial.... > I thought that I said that earlier. > As Rob suggested, we will need to communicate our intentions with the AMA... > Its their site, you know. > I had thought that the weight limit was a moot point, anyway, only from the stand > point the Other models weights were raised to 50 pounds, I think... > > Like john said, lets stop with the road blocks, and come up with why we should, > > At any rate, lets see what the interest level is, before we that that path. > > Personally, I think it would be a kick, but I have only heard 5 to 6 replies, > basically from guys not likely to attend anyway.... > Thanks > J > > -- > Jack Strother > LSF President LSF 2948 > Granger, IN Level IV > > Actually the Scale aertow X-C at Montague was not any official event and > > was open to all sizes and weight. This wasn't the winch event, but a > > separate contest as I understand it. At least that was what I was told > > by Dean Gradwell and Mike Gee. Ask Dean about this, he is very excited > > about the prospects of giant scale XC. > > Regardless, you could easily run side by side events at the NATS and > > have the scale aerotow xc be an unofficial NATs event, thereby bypassing > > any currents rules. The only downside is there would be no NATS trophies > > for this part of the event. I can help out with a trophy or two as long > > as it would not be prohibitively expensive. Talk to Steve Kaluf. We did > > this very thing the first several years our "new" scale rules were under > > review. This allowed a continuation of the event under provisional > > rules. > > Been there done it. > > If you want to do it, you would have to most likely clone the rules from > > the existing event and make minor changes to allow aerotow and heavier > > sailplanes. > > It is easy to come up with reasons why not to do something, just do it! > > John > > > > Endless Mountain Models > > http://www.scalesoaring.net > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JMiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:04 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: 2004 Nats X/C > > > > Rob is right, the temporary test rules limits us to 11 lbs. We at the > > Montague XC Challenge have used this limit all 6 years we have run the > > event. Don't be surprised if you see a couple of entries at the NATS > > next > > year from a current world record holder, and the current Event Sponsor > > of > > the Montague XC Challenge at Muncie in 2004. > > > > Jerry Miller > > SOSS-Medford, OR > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:18 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [RCSE] Re: 2004 Nats X/C > > > > > > Jack - > > > > Sounds like a fun idea. As I recall the AMA has some rules about max > > weight > > of the models that has been a stumbling block in the past with large > > scale > > planes. You might want to check that out. > > > > happy trails - Rob Glover > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and > > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with > > MIME turned off. > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > > with MIME turned off. > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text > only format with MIME > > turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
