Weight Limit-really marketing/popularity/etc

[Bill Glaze]

Gray:
I'm beginning to think that (similar to threads on all discussion
groups) that things run in phases.  That of which you speak happens to
be the "in thing" for the magazines right now.  Tomorrow--who knows.
Electric cars that can double as helicopters sounds like the next
electrical banana to me.

Bill Glaze

Gray E Fowler wrote:

>
> 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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