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>There aren't any now, because noone has really tried to design one.  I 
>guarantee that within 1 month of an AMA rule requiring mufflers, you 
>will see ads in the model magazines for commercial units for sale.  

	
	I guess we will just have to disagree on this one.  The current
	absence of product is not due to lack of development effort.
	There have been a number of attempts to develop suitable
	mufflers.  None has been produced that were acceptable.  Do you
	really think you're the first to climb on this particular soapbox?
	
	Fortunately, the AMA historically has been unwilling to legislate
	the use of equipment that does not exist.  We are currently
	working very hard to develop engine shutoffs that will detect
	the loss of cetrifugal force when a plane gets cut away.
	I would not be surprised to see them required some day, but for
	now the AMA is just staying abreast of developments, and is
	giving us a chance to develop workable systems.
	
>> 	
>> 	I would like all the RC flyers out there to note that the single
>> 	loudest event in all of model aviation is one of your own, and
>> 	that is Pylon Racing.  Not only are they loud, but there are
>> 	usually FOUR of them going at once, and they are up there in the
>> 	sky where the noise propogates more widely than when on a 60 foot
>> 	tether.  I would be the last to suggest that they be placed under
>> 	some kind of noise level regulation.  
>
>OK then, I will be the first to suggest that R/C Pylon must also have 
>silencers!  Tell me, are there pylon racers practicing at your 
>control line field?


	No.  But, they would be welcome.

>
>>       To someone who appreciates
>> 	high performance model engines, that stuff is music, not noise.
>> 	However, it does sort of irritate me to have an RC flyer complain
>> 	about the noise of a competition control line event, when the
>> 	competition RC event is louder.
>
>It's not the noise at the Nationals that bothers me, but the noise at 
>my home field where I fly every week.  The noise at my home field is 
>not going to get any quieter until the rules for combat are changed. 
>You don't have to listen to R/C pylon racers every time you fly.  Why 
>should I have to listen to open exhaust combat engines every time I 
>fly?  


	So, competition is fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with
	your flying at what you perceive to be your home field.
	Sorry, but I've seen photos from some of our club's oldtimers,
	showing control line contests at that field back in the fifties.
	There may well have been RC activity there just as early, but
	it is most certainly no more your field than mine.  We are happy
	to share the field with you, and anyone else.  However, we have no
	intention of putting mufflers on our combat engines.

>
>Maybe some of the musicians of R/C pylon can converge on your field 
>for a little music democracy.
> 	

	Like I say, we would welcome them.  Would you?
	
	
	Mike