> Sorta off topic... I just read today that the Sport Class is going to
    > allow engines that displace up to 1000" (up from 650") at Reno
   (rumor at
    > this point).. I wonder if that means they might let a 4rotor run
    > (that's only 5.2L or 360" at most).. I also wonder who they're trying
    > to let in.. Somebody with a Lyc IO720?
    >
    > Matt-
    >
    > Matt,
    >   I crew for a Sport Class guy at Reno. He said that there were
   plans of
    > a POSSIBLE seperate division, a sort of, "Super Sport Division" being
    > suggested. So far there are not enough people interested. There is a
    > future possibility.
    > Bill Jepson

     Bill,
     I heard a similar thing but it was more in line with a higher
   weight limit.
   George (down under)

   What weight limit? Sport Class weight limit in an aircraft?
   News to me.

   Paul Lamar

Paul,
Scott didn't say anything to me about a weight requirement or limit. The
only limit has been on displacement. I believe that limit is to keep
things a bit safer. Greenameyer's Legacy (sort of) is well engineered,
but I think the organizers are fearful that someone will try to hang a
Pratt radial on the front of an RV or something. Air racing is always
super expensive but I think the intent was to establish a "stock" class
and a "modified" class. (quotes mine) How a Nemisis NXT can be
considered a stock anything is mystifying to me, but it does conform to
the rules. Real interesting that they haven't worked out the bugs on
them well enough yet to win anything.
Bill Jepson


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