new concepts-Pattern is HARD!!! Darn It!

[Gray E Fowler]

Pattern is hard and that does scare the average club schmoe. In an effort 
to entice newbies into pattern you gotta look for the right guy at the 
right time. Here are my well collected thoughts for those who (m?) 
care.........

1. Forget the guys who make peanut gallery cracks while you are 
flying....the wise cracks are insecurity they do not want exposed.

2. Forget about anyone with GOD syndrome. (Good Old Days). If they think 
that escapments made for "REAL" pilots you dont wanna talk to them about 
your digital servos-or pattern.

3. Forget about anyone who gets excited about............THAT NEWEST P-51 
ARF!!!!!!! They are not ready.

4. Forget about anyone who says they have enough "Competition" at 
work....chances are they are losers there too.

5. Forget about someone who thinks nuthin' is better than that big O' Ugly 
Stick......with two aileron servos for "flaperons".

6. Forget about anyone who has a fun fly plane and likes to take off, snap 
three times and loop for a touch and go...in three seconds or less. 
Chances are he is A.D.D. and the straight lines of pattern will make his 
brain hurt from lack of stimulation.

7. Forget about someone who has constant "radio problems"...yeah 
right.....

8. Forget about anyone flying a .46 plane and has band-aids on his fingers

Now that I have eliminated 98.625% of the average club member...who should 
you entice into pattern?????? 

1. The guy who approaches you at the end of a flight and asks about a 
certain manuever

2.  Anyone who on their own accord has realized how poorly their P-51, 
Ugly Stick, or other plane really flies. When he says "everytime I pull 
straight up like you do my plane veers to the left-why?" He is then a 
prime candidate. (this is the Horse-lead to water deal-he's gotta be 
thirsty)

3. Look for the person who is a decent pilot but is getting bored with the 
hobby. You can spot him by the following....He has mastered touch and gos, 
he rarely crashes, he can "SNAP" with the best of them and does it 100 
times a flight, he tries to "hover" anything including that P-51 ARF (for 
realistic flight mode).

4. Anyone who cleans his plane (even if it is a P-51 ARF) between every 
flight, is a prime candidate. 

With this being said, I have not found any worthy candidates at the 
Richardson Club in about 1.5 years.  But then again I have not been flying 
alot for various reasons... 
Remember that I am a qualified amatuer phs...psyh...psycologist,,,,,so 
this has gotta be right





Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20030729/283042c4/attachment.html