Weight Limit problem long

[Anthony Romano]

My comments were on what I see in my area. My point is the phenomenal growth 
in the number of AMA members willing to spend large sums on large airplanes 
makes it very hard for me to believe the cost of pattern is really a 
detriment to participation.

Anthony






>From: "GeorgeF." <av8tor at flash.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: Weight Limit problem long
>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:46:05 -0500
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>At 02:13 PM 11/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>>>From: Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>>>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>>Subject: Re: Weight Limit problem long
>>>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:11:01 -0600
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>>>I'd say probably about 2/3 what it cost for the competition setup.
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>>HMMM, Not to different than now. Thanks for the info Bill.
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>>Anthony
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>I would say differently Anthony.   What I see being flown by the average 
>modeler (remember AVERAGE, not IMACC, not Giant Scaler, not Pattern, but 
>average sport pilots) is flying 0.40 to 0.60 engines or 1.20 2 strokes.  
>Average money a modeler puts into his plane is less than $1000.00 
>(including radio).
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>From what I see flying pattern most of the modelers who place in the top 
>3-4 stops in each class (not include sportsman) runs $500-$1500 for the 
>radio, $500-$700 for engine/mount/pipe, and $1300 for kit, covering and 
>hardware.  That works out to 3 times the cost of an average sport plane.
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>Remember when you people say AVERAGE that means AVERAGE, that does not mean 
>IMACC or $1200 1/4 ARF as that is not what the AVERAGE modeler flies.  Some 
>pattern pilots would make excellent at running for elected offices as you 
>can "spin" any Statistic to your favor as you forget what "average" is....
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>George
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