First of all, as regards Nats HLG, the reason there was a rule change so late in the game is that a number of competitors suggested TO AMA that the AMA Primary/Backup rule does not fit into the HLG venue of multiple official flights within a given window of time. A competitor needing to validate moving from the primary to the backup with the CD before changing planes would cause the competitor to lose much time during the active window. Also, the rule states that once the primary is retired, it cannot be reintroduced to the competition.
The altered rule now allows movement to the backup with CD validation AFTER the round ends, and allows the repair and subsequent re-entry of the primary into the competition. LSF operates the Soaring Nats, but it is still run by AMA under AMA rules. Deviations from AMA rules must be approved by the AMA Nats CD, the LSF CD of record, the LSF Event Director and the AMA Technical Director. A LOT of email was exchanged over the past few days. There is supposed to be a rules change proposal coming this cycle to eliminate this rule for HLG. Now, for the larger issue: Is it time to retire the Primary/Backup rule entirely from AMA Soaring competition rules? What does the Primary/Backup rule really do for us? What does everybody think about that? Is there enough feeling among the competition soaring community to kill this outdated rule across the board? We who fly the OVSS circuit have routinely dropped this rule (per AMA procedures by declaring the change on the sanction form) and have noticed that very few pilots actually build and switch between multiple models in a given competition. The rules change cycle is coming to a close this Fall, who will lead the charge? Tom Kallevang Wheeling, IL LSF President & Webmaster LSF #303 Level V #103 AMA L292 SOAR (Chicago) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
