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<DIV>Dave </DIV>
<DIV>In answer to the following parts of your post (had to split it up to big
for the list to handle)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Raise the weight limit in pattern, and the 2x2m
monoplane will get bigger and more costly (and the most competitive examples
will still probably be under 11 lbs, but the "average" plane won't
be).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>So far this is my point exactly. If we are to make AMA pattern an
inclusive event we in my opinion must include the average competitor. Those who
have higher aspirations will do what they must to achieve perfection and a
weight rule change will have little effect on those who aspire to compete
on a higher level.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Raise the weight limit in pattern while leaving
unlimited displacement and the 2x2m box, and the 2x2m monoplane will no longer
be the most competive design - the most competitive design will be a purpose
designed pattern bipe that will be substantially more expensive (money, time,
maintenance) than the current day designs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>If you don't think a purpose design pattern bipe
would be the best, ask Chip. He will tell you without reservation he
would not have flown his Double Visions in the past few years if he did not
think it was the best plane.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT color=#8000ff>Yes, but you also need to consider the level of
competition and his goals. Lets face it Chip is playing to the world in
an arena composed of professionals making him a member of an
exclusive group that for the most part excludes the rank and file of
pattern. Here again I believe AMA pattern should be structured to
attract all of the rank and file while affording those who aspire to greatness
the opportunity to compete on a higher level without effecting or
excluding those who make up the core of the pattern community or those who
interested in joining it </FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Buddy</DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>