FAI F3AL---Pattern IMAC combined

[GeorgeF.]

>
> From what I am reading, you guys really don't want new blood in the 
> sport, because that brings new ideas in, brings in unworthy club schmoes, 
> brings in the IMAC'ers, and brings in rookies that you don't want to deal with.



The reason the NSRCA isn't attracting new blood is because they aren't 
trying to attract new blood but instead are attempting to convert (or bring 
in) IMAC'ers to pattern.  It ain't going to work.

I'm all for attracting TRUE new blood.  It would benefit the NSRCA and the 
pattern sport a lot more if we actually attracted new blood.  New blood 
would be a person just graduating the ranks of flying a 4 channel trainer 
and ready to move into a 4 or 5 channel plane capable of the Intermediate 
maneuvers.   This is a person who has yet formed a bias towards Pylon, 
Scale, IMAC, Giant Scale, or Gliders.  His mind isn’t yet set so these are 
the easiest people to show something new to and have them enjoy.   Your 
best new customer to the NSRCA is a new modeler how has yet to find his 
niche in model aviation.

All this talk about combining NSRCA and IMAC sounds more like just trying 
to get a pilot who has already found his niche (that being IMAC) and trying 
to get him to cross over to Pattern or at the very least compete in both.

What’s wrong with going after new blood, the blood of a model who has yet 
to find (or even be exposed) to a special interest group?   That’s where I 
don’t see any progress but yet where I see the most potential


George
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