I feel the same way about half mill as the five bouys. Half mill would make it easier to get to the start line at the horn...which to me is not what the hobby is about. Being able to mill your boat at full mill and be at the the start line when the horn goes off is part of the art of driving these things... If everything is made easy for the drivers, the only thing left will be the person that has the deepest pockets, having the fastest boat.
I have seen faster boats get out driven by a better driver with a slower boat. I am sure all of us have. If it is made too easy to be at the start, and too easy to make it through the turns, then what is next??
Funny thing is, when I first read this post, I had thought the same thing that someone else posted about the pool noodles. Is that going to be our next step in turns, to make them out of pool noodle??
I understand the frustation in getting a boat hit or run over. I have been there with a freshly painted boat during its first time in an organized race. But I still feel that being able to make the turns, and time the start, is part of what people should learn to do. It is part of "being a good driver."
RC boat racing should not be plug and play... I know a better driver will always have an advantage. But if we make it too easy for the bad drivers, then that has taken away some of what the better driver has earned with his/her experience.
I agree there would be less accidents with 5 buoy turns, and I agree that it would be easier to make the start with half mill, but is that what is wanted and needed in this hobby?? Nothing is going to eliminate the accidents, and from where I have raced, I have a hard time believing a 5 buoy turn will bring accidents down to just one a race. Shoot, I see more folks run over dead boats than that at a single race...let alone making it through a turn.
Just my 2 cents.
Sean
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