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ANNOUNCING A NEW CLASS FOR EDMA!

Do you fly a plane that limits flying at full throttle for more than take-off? Do you fly an airplane that has a fixed-pitch prop with advanced avionics--we are calling them EDMA (electronic data monitoring aircraft)? Are you prevented from flying in the Air Race Classic due to these limitations? The Board of Directors of the Air Race Classic has been diligently working on a solution for you! After lengthy testing in limited models of airplanes, we believe we have a solution for some.

If you have either a Cessna 172S or Piper Archer P100 equipped with a G1000 or similar equipment, you can now participate in the Air Race Classic!  We will need to have access to the aircraft data logs from the handicap flights and race legs with the schools or owners providing a clean SD card for those particular flights. A handicap flight will need to be flown twice: at 2500 RPM and 2600 RPM. The race would be run at 2500RPM (according to this year's racers, that's not as easy as it first sounds!). Cash and other prizes will be awarded for top scoring teams!

At this time, we will be limiting the number of airplanes that would be able to fly under these rules because of the processing requirements at the end of the race. Register early!

We are still gathering data on other airplanes that have speed limitations in order to incorporate those planes into the race. If you fly a plane with speed limitations other than the Cessna 172S or Piper Archer P100, and it has electronic monitoring such as the G1000, you can help us gather data by flying in the non-competition class and sharing your data with us.

For additional information about this new program, please contact Alicia Sikes at sikesa@gmail.com and Lorraine Denby at ldenby@gmail.com.