I am only 3 years into C/L scale, but have alway wondered why it is not flown with the other C/L events at the Nats. Is there more here than meets the eye? I have grown to love C/L scale, and I guess the world will continue to go around what ever happens.
Blessings
Allen
While I have no clue as to the workings of FAI CL Scale, I do have some remembrances of how AMA Scale Events came under the Scale Contest Board.
"In the beginning the AMA Scale Model world was without form and without shape." Then, BEHOLD, arose before ye, one gentleman of both national and international scale fame, who carried the banner for AMA to remove all scale events into a category with equal weight of the then Control Line, Free Flight, Radio Control, etc. Then with much splendor, such was declared to be and so it was.
Now this gentleman secured for the Scale Category a contract with AMA that stated the SCALE CATEGORY would have domain and control over any type of model which, in competition, was static scale judged. The only exception was Formula One Pylon Racing which at that time had a somewhat rudimentary form of Scale judging.
This came very much to my attention back in the late '80s - early '90s period when I was involved in RC Scale Warbird Racing. I submitted rule proposals to get the event into just the SUPPLEMENTAL or PROVISIONAL RULES, however by prior agreement only the Scale Contest Board had jurisdiction. While the Pylon Board had no objections to the event, Mr. SB Chairman wanted only his scale models, yet would NOT give up the event to the Pylon CB. There were other items similar to this one.
Of course that SCB chairman of great renown was NOT to be replaced by the AMA President, even though the SCB stated that it was NOT the job of a Contest Board to PROMOTE new events or model aviation, just to provide the rules. To me allowing a new set of supp/prov rules in the book for a test would serve all levels of model aviation along with providing the rules.
So since no one apparently cares enough to fight to get CL Scale back where it belongs, then in AMA, it will continue as the so-called redheaded "step" child.
Unfortunately - to me anyway -- there are some who think only for what they do, and not for the promotion of the sport of model aviation. Darn, actually I wish I could be like that!