Weight Limit-really marketing/popularity/etc

[Tomanek, Wojtek]

Yes they are funny.  I am paraphrasing here from a recently review I read

1)  "Decided to change the tail wheel since I (the author) did not like the
way it looked, however I (the author) decided to use all other hardware
including the tank and engine mount.", or
2)  "After taxiing several times applied throttle and takeoff was very
smooth, after few rounds it only required one click down on elevator and no
trim change on ailerons!!!!!!"  
or better yet 
3) "It settled down perfectly for a nice flare landing."

The best ones I love is when on a 0.40 size plane the author says that he
had to add 1.5 oz to the tail to balance on CG and 0.75 oz on one wing but
it did not hinder the performance.

I guess if they started talking about control authority or pitching to belly
in knife edge, or rudder roll coupling they would lose a lot of readers.

WKT

P.S. I'll save my nails <G>


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Woodward James R Civ 416 FLTS/TPS
[SMTP:James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil]
	Sent:	Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:06 PM
	To:	'discussion at nsrca.org'
	Subject:	RE: Weight Limit-really marketing/popularity/etc

	- funny!!  .... "on the second flight, I felt pretty comfortable and
did a beautiful victory roll after buzzing the other pilot stations."  Your
not far off Gray.  In a recent mag, there was a "new"  0.40 P51 review - and
they listed every P51 kit/arf manufactorer, and rated each for its
qualities!  ... but they didn't talk about which P-51 hovered the best.
I'll be biting my nails in anticipation of that column!
	 
	Jim

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Gray E Fowler [mailto:gfowler at raytheon.com]
		Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24 AM
		To: discussion at nsrca.org
		Subject: RE: Weight Limit-really marketing/popularity/etc
		
		

		Like Buddy mentioned its the magazines, not some concerted
effort by IMAC to market sportsman. I do not believe I have ever seen
anything from IMAC, but every model mag has either a scale warbird OR a
scale .40 IMAC plane on the cover. Real IMAC planes are ONLY shown on covers
of anything in the hover position, and we all know how important that
is(speaking of that , perhaps someone should mention to the self proclaimed
#1 pattern supply place that perhaps a new photo would be in order to
appease us-my personal choice would be of an Aries). 
		Perhaps a Pattern marketing effort could help, but "IMAC
style" became popular because the magazines are all in a vicious butt
sniffing mode to get out the latest reveiw of the NEW 60 sized IMAC type
ARF-gotta be an ARF or no one will buy it right? Why this frenzy I have no
idea, but it is not IMAC marketing (unless there is some serious under the
table stuff-but I honestly think if anyone is paying money its gotta be the
Chinese). 
		
		PS-what the RC world really needs the mags to do is give us
one more review on the NEW .40 P-51 ARF, complete with genuine imitation
exhaust stacks for more realistic runway fly-bys. Report on how the first
take -off was...did it pull right and require left rudder-I gotta know..... 
		
		
		Just an opinion
		
		
		Gray Fowler
		Principal Chemical Engineer
		Composites Engineering
	
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