Proposals would change 15 Fast Combat starting procedure, correct engine displacementVoting is now open!Gene Pape has proposed two changes in the Northwest 15 Fast Combat rules. One would change the match-start procedure to match current practice; the other is a housekeeping change that clarifies the engine displacement limit. The 15 Fast rules have been in use since 2014 in "provisional" status, which means that they have never been approved by a ballot. Therefore, the vote on this rules change proposal would be the first formal approval of the Northwest 15 Fast rules. Summary of proposals1. Deletes Section 6.2, which provides a 30-second starting and launching period. Rationale, as explained by Gene Pape:The part about no air time for the first 30 seconds was used in other Combat events for a few years after these rules were written. This has generally been considered as not as good an idea as planned and has been dropped for all other events and was waived at the recent Portland contest. Current rules list the engine displacement as .15, which is fractionally smaller than the 2.5cc F2D engine size. The event is intended for F2D engines. This change would have no measurable effect on performance. Discussion periodA thread for discussion of this topic is active on the Northwest CL Forum. See what others have been saying and post your comments about the proposal there. Note that comments posted on that forum are not counted as votes. Only votes cast via the procedure explained below will be counted. Effective dateApproved changes, if any, will take effect after the conclusion of voting and the announcement of results. Voting is now openBallot questionsProposal 1, deleting Section 6.2, which provides a 30-second starting and launching period. Vote yes or no Proposal 2, specifying displacement limit at .1526 cu. in. Vote yes or no. Who can voteAny resident of Academy of Model Aeronautics District XI (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska) and British Columbia who has participated in Combat in a Northwest contest either as a contestant or an official within the past five years can vote on these proposals. Spread the word: It is possible that not everyone interested in this topic will have access to the Flying Lines website, or may not have seen these propsals. Feel free to pass on the information about the proposals to anyone you think might be interested. You can print out this page as reference material. How to voteYou can vote by e-mailing the rules coordinator, or by mailing your vote to Flying Lines, 2456 Quince St., Eugene, OR 97404. Your vote must include your name and your town or residence. Votes will be kept confidential, but the coordinator must have this info in order to be sure that votes come from NW residents and that everyone votes only once. Voting deadlineAll votes must be received by the coordinator by July 19. The coordinator will acknowledge receipt of votes; if you don't get a reply, check again to make sure your vote was received. Note: Comments by e-mail and posts in the NW forum are not votes. Only votes e-mailed or mailed to the coordinator within the June 19-July 19 voting period will be counted. For more on the process of promulgating and revising Northwest control-line competition rules, see the Northwest Rules section. Proposal detailsProposed new rules and the current rules are below. Proposed rule change
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