The whole business of safety thongs in Combat and Racing is illogical.
In the pre-thong days, we saved a lot of equipment losses by swapping hands in Combat. The thong triggered countless avoidable line tangles, some of which triggered flyaways, which invoked flyaway shutoffs, which killed Fast & Slow.
Meanwhile Racing got itself excused from the thong rule for (GET THIS) the ability to swap hands and get out of line tangles.
I think a safety fanatic could make a case that swapping the handle from one hand to the other is an unacceptable hazard, too, even though we did it for decades in Combat with no reported problems.
Now that Fast, Slow, and F2D are all saddled with flyaway shutoffs, we're long overdue to dump the wrist strap rule.
That being done, I could see giving Racing a pass, too - as long as the race in flown within a caged circle.
Paul, your nonsense response only serves to show how totally out of touch with reality you are now and have been for a long time.
1) Shutoffs did not kill Fast and Slow: too much performance did. If you want to blame someone, blame Henry for making a too good motor.
2) Combat models are capable of maneuvers that a racing model is incapable of..
3) The ability to switch hands for a racing model is often the ONLY way to avoid a crash. Contrast that to an event where the model can be flown in any direction at the pilot's whim.
4) As evidenced at the recent WCHs, it's the crash and associated shrapnel from the model that defines the danger. As evidenced by the fact that the biggest insurance claim AMA has ever paid was from the shrapnel of a CL model after it crashed injuring a pit crew.
5) And on and on and on.....
Bottom line: combat was mandated wrist straps due to a demonstrated problem (Sparky at the Lincoln NATs), and F2D was mandated shutoffs due to a demonstrated problem (2005 Eurochamps). Such cannot be said for wrist straps for F2C, which have in fact created a demonstrated safety problem. In spite of your angst towards anything that disturbs you, this is not a case for "good for the goose, good for the gander).