Robert if it's a land slide nothing is broken LEAVE IT ALONE.
The greatest contest with the best flyer's,the most successfull NAT'S competition and we are trying to fix it?
except for Bill's interpretation nothing was wrong with BOM at Nat's
Jose Modesto
Jose There was nothing wrong with what BILL did, Bill Rich was charged with running a fair NATs to everyone, that meant following the RULES...It did not and does not matter about the mistakes of the past, You and him can disagree about "what should be" or what happened in past NATs. That is NOT his job, His job was to run the NATs by the rules. He does not need personal attacks on him for doing .. or trying to do what he was asked to do.
It does not matter what You or ME think about the BOM and what should be kept or dumped. NOT his job to go by the PAST, just enforcing the rules was all Bill was trying to do. Bill concern is with the RULES that ARE in EFFECT for the NATs 2011, That is the ONLY year he is charged with running a FAIR contest for all.
Most of The rules are Clear to anyone who wants to read them about most things: If you wanna be a "rules lawyer" and try to read things into this that are not there, or define what definitions are not in normal dictionaries, or argue the past when these rules were NOT in effect, then that is a total waste of time, and just a diversion
The AMA rules are below
6. Builder of Model:
The CD shall make every reasonable effort to assure himself that each flier has completely “constructed‟ the model(s) he uses in competition,
including the covering where used,
This is a very clear statement, it means what it says, it is NOT hard to understand thiswith “constructed” to be interpreted as the action required to complete a model starting with no more prefabrication than the amount used in the average kit
(“average kit” is interpreted by Control Line Aerobatics as a model that may consist of precut, unassembled parts or assembled (uncovered) subcomponents such as wings, horizontal and vertical stab, fuselage; requiring a few hours of assembly time and covering).
This means that covered or finished surfaces are not allowed, covered raw/unfinshed ones are OK Models which are completely prefabricated (“completely prefabricated” is interpreted as the model is ready to fly out of the box or in a few minutes (less than an hour) of assembly time.) and require only a few minutes (less than an hour) of unskilled effort for their completion shall be excluded from competition. (Control Aerobatics additionally interprets that any model, that is pre-covered in the box is excluded from competition).
Again this is easy to understand, prebuilt , or pre covered models are not allowed In the case of rubber-powered models (excluding Indoor duration models), commercially available balsa, plastic, and hardwood propellers may be used. Materials and design may be obtained from any source, including kits.
The builder-of-the-model rule applies to every AMA event unless specifically noted otherwise in the rules governing that event.
9.2: Team entries are not permitted in Control Line Aerobatics, Indoor Band Launched Glider, or Outdoor Hand Launched events. Models entered in these events must be built according to the “builder- of-the-model” paragraph by one individual who must also be the flier.
Again easy to understand, having others build your model under the criteria above will not meet the BOMMany parts of the BOM rules are perfectly clear, other parts are either not clear or not in sync with the rest of it....Can this be written better? YES, that needs to be done, or dumped, something has got to happen with this, Also AMA not letting the ED of the event enforce the rules is breaking the very first paragraph of their own rules!!! Use them or dump them
And again it does not matter, who has done what in the past, or what you and I think about the BOM or what we want to happen to it. The problem is with the AMA, NOT with BILL RICH, I hope this will at least get the Stunt Flyers, Contest board, and especially AMA motivated to FIX this problem that is causing so much problems for us one way or another.
Regards
Randy