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EXHIBIT A RULES CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM

PROPOSAL NO. CLC 11-4 RECEIVED DATE

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REVISE DATE VERSION NUMBER

PROPOSAL TYPE (Check One): X Basic  Cross Indicate Original Proposal Number

 Urgent/Safety/Emergency  Interpretation

 General Section  Executive Council  Outdoor Free Flight  Indoor Free Flight  CL Speed

 CL Racing  CL Navy Carrier  CL Aerobatics X CL Combat  CL Special Events  RC Aerobatics  RC Scale Aerobatics  RC Pylon Racing  RC Helicopter  RC Soaring  Scale  Electric

 Special Events  RC Combat

Brief summary of the proposed change: Revamps current rules governing event 329, control line slow combat, changing it to control line speed limit combat.

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Exact wording proposed for the rule book. (List paragraph numbers where applicable. Example: Change “quote present rule book wording” to “exact wording required”.

Title for event 329: Control Line Speed Limit Combat

Paragraph 2. Aircraft: The Aircraft will be the same as used in event 328, except that the maximum engine displacement will be .40 cubic inches.

Paragraph 2a: All flying will be done at a speed not greater than 75 miles per hour.

Note: This means that a plane whose streamer has been removed may not fly faster than 75mph.

Paragraph 2b: There will be no fuel shutoff required for the speed limit combat event. Note: If contest management specifies a speed limit greater than 75 miles per hour, a fuel shutoff device will be required.

Paragraph: 2c, 2d, will be eliminated.

Paragraph 3 Procedure: This event may be flow with “kill” rules or “no kill” (cuts only) rules. Further, this event may be flow with the conventional mid-air ending the match, if one or both planes are un-flyable; or the event may be flown with the mid-air not ending the match if one or both planes are un-flyable. In any case the contest management must advertise the rules prior to the event taking place.

Paragraph 3b: During the Speed limit event, the aircraft may (at the starting judges discretion) be timed to measure the speed at the beginning of the match. During the timing the aircraft must maintain, level flight at or above 15 feet. The pilots are allowed to walk inside the pilots’ circle. If a pilot steps outside the circle, he/she is to be warned and then timed again. The second offense will result in a forfeit of the match. The pilot will be allowed to land the aircraft if it exceeds the speed limit. Adjustments may then be made to slow the aircraft down. There will be no airtime points awarded to the offending pilot while his/her plane exceeds the speed limit. The signal to fly combat will not be given if either of the aircraft exceeds the speed limit. The signal to stop combat will be given at any point the starting judge feels that either aircraft has exceeded the speed limit. The starting judge is the only person responsible for this timing.

Event 328, Paragraph 3.3. Eliminates everything after …75 miles per hour or slower. As it duplicates 3b above.

Logic behind proposed change, including alleged shortcomings of the present rules. State intent for future reference.

This is in response to the complete lack of the event 329 being held on a national level any longer, and the fact that the most prevalent form of combat now held in the US is Speed limited. Further all the aircraft requirements were designed to slow the combat to a level where it could be done by a newcomer (beginner to combat). This has not been the case for some time, and Slow Combat has become an expert only event, with speeds and aircraft performance almost identical to fast combat. It would also be helpful to have a national event with a speed limit to allow those who travel to a speed limit combat contest to know what event will be held prior to leaving home. Changing the engine size to .40 gives the competitor a greater range of enexpensive, readily available, engines, while the speed limit, levels the playing field for all. In closing this brings the vast majority of combat flown in the US today under the umbrella of the AMA rules, eliminating regional variation in events; such as in the Pacific Northwest we use a .40 engine, and an 80mph speed limit, while in California they use a .36 engine and an 80mph speed limit.

New event test data/information (new events only), please provide what testing of this new event has taken place to include number of participants and number of contests.

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Effect, if any, on current AMA records. No effect.

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Note: The Contest Board Chairman may, in coordination with the submitter of the proposal, at any time prior to submitting a proposal to the Contest Board for Final Vote, edit proposal wording to increase clarity and to avoid ambiguity provided the proposal intent is not changed.

Proposer: Mark Hansen AMA #: 3471

Street Address: 3585 S.E. Franklin St.

City: Portland State: OR Zip: 97202-1828

Day Telephone: (503) 995-1158 Cell phone Evening Telephone: (503) 234-1971

Date of Signature: 12/06/09 Mark Hansen