On Jan 26, 7:52*pm, JohnDeRosa wrote:
Stupid question - the second in as many days on RAS from me - Why is
an artificial horizon illegal? *I read it in the rules but the "Why?"
is never included.

It would permit flying into clouds? *Bad for obvious safety reasons I
suppose, and someone might be tempted to purposely be sucked up into a
thunderhead to pop out the top and then final glide the entire task!

I believe cloud flying in US contesst is no longer allowed.