Originally Posted by Greg Sharpe

I would disagree on the basis that this class has proven that keeping the motor constant reduces the amount of homework and expense needed to get on track. Personally, it's the expense I am more concerned with, as there will always be a faster motor coming out next month.

The issue with regulating speeds with gearing is that it requires the track to police the entire process, which from my experience is quite difficult and unneccesary (unneccesary when the alternative is to simply have the entire field run one motor). I run tech for VTA at my local track and can attest that it's hard enough to police the FDR on the 21.5s, so I wouldn't want to ALSO be constantly adjusting the gear limits on all the different 21.5s.