Weight Limit-really marketing/popularity/etc

[John Gausby]

I think Dave Brown forgot about pattern when he was elected AMA Prez. He WAS a
bad-to-the-bone pilot....especially after his 3rd beer. I've seen that for
real.

Lets face it....M.A. mag has NEVER been a strong supporter of pattern other
that NATS and FAI contest reports. I don't think they have EVER published a
pattern plane construction article. If they have...the plane would be
considered an ANTIQUE even by current SPA rules. I've asked several AMA
Officers about that over the years.....none could give me decent answer.

Hey Mike Hester.....I'm STILL laughing about your comment on the Jesky
Ad....It's the truth...It's the truth!!!!  What the H--- is dat....I think
i'll order me one-a-dem and put a big Zenoa on the nose.     J.G.




On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:28:43 -0800 Mike Hester <kerlock at attbi.com> wrote:

> HAHAHAHA
>  
> Damn Gray I'm about to fall over!!!!
>  
> I find it sick that MA is cutting the pattern 
> column to bi monthly because *ahem* "nobody is
> interested". Well DUH!!! 100 
> pages of nothing but park fliers and junk ARFs
> and useless reviews of said junk. 
> Please. 
>  
> When's the last time you saw a pattern plane on
> the 
> cover of MA? I'm thinking....I honestly can't
> remember. I bet half the people 
> see that Andy jesky ad and say "whut kinda
> plane izzat? Does it 3 dee? Don't luk 
> like no edge..."
>  
> I also find it amusing that in the latest MA,
> they 
> are talking about an online magazie and they
> are going to push guess what? The 
> new exhilirating rage of R/C....PARK FLIERS!!!
> Gosh, I just can't contain 
> myself. I mean, they're ok, they're cute,
> nothing against them, but they are 
> cutting pattern out of the picture and
> replacing it with a serious push towards 
> PARK FLIERS???? Does this mean the AMA is sick
> of trying to help us keep fields 
> and wants everyone to just start flying in the
> back yard????
>  
> And here I thought the AMA pres was an
> ex-pattern 
> pilot, and a pretty darned good one in his day.
> Did someone drop something on 
> his head? Has Dave Brown gone completely
> insane? 
>  
> Ok that was my rant for the year. Mild, but 
> necessary. 
>  
> -Mike Hester
>  
>  
>  
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: 
>   <A title=gfowler at raytheon.com
> href="mailto:gfowler at raytheon.com">Gray E 
>   Fowler</A> 
>   To: <A titleïscussion at nsrca.org 
>  
> href="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> 
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24 
>   AM
>   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
> opinionGray FowlerPrincipal Chemical 
>   EngineerComposites Engineering

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