Weight Limit problem long

[Anthony Romano]

Hi Buddy,
Here is my view. Just finished a new plane around $2000. Now, being a 
competitor, I build a new more complicated, larger, more expensive plane to 
take advantage of the rule change and replace my now obsolete plane. 
Ignoring issue of gas such as smell, which now means I can't store planes in 
the house and the wife won't come to the field, struggle with the sound 
rule, can't fly at local field, etc.
Now I am just a mediocre competitor and if I get a lot of time I fly my 
pattern plane 200 times a year. Using your figures, maybe luck but I never 
pay that much for fuel, I save $350 dollars. My new plane will be paid for 
in around FIVE years on the savings. Add in the cost of new field supplies, 
fire extinguisher, radio upgrade to run two elevator servos, farther drive 
to field without noise limit, etc. Where is the savings?
If this is the direction of pattern I am not interested and don't see how 
bigger more expensive planes will help anything. You guys are all killing me 
with the cost issue. The average guy at my local club has three or four 1.20 
size arfs with $1000 to $1200 dollars in each one. Look around on some of 
the message boards and see the number of people that are flying and entering 
giant scale. The number of people looking to spend $3000 and up on a bigger 
planes is astounding.

Anthony





>From: "Buddy Brammer" <buddybrammer35 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: Weight Limit
>Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:53:03 -0600
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