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

[Anthony Abdullah]

That is exactly what I am talking about ED. If you tried to get a non competitive person to play in a racquetball tournament that would probably belly ache about spending $200 plus for the racquet that they think they need. It's not about the racquet, it is about the competitive spirit. I compete as an average B level player with a $75 dollar racquet and try to make up for it with practice. 

Ed Deaver <divesplat1 at msn.com> wrote:This has been touched on a little here so far but think about something 
outside of Pattern.

How many people in todays society, in the USA, actually STRIVE for anything 
the way competitors used too.

I play near professional racketball, and over the past 10 years of hours of 
practice in the court, I am only aware of 1-2 other players who have STRIVEN 
to achieve a goal oriented level of accomplishment here in Lubbock. This 
applies to all forms of competition, including golf, bowling, baseball, 
softball etc. Once a person is out of the structured form of coach and 
practice in school(HS,College) we turn into immediate gratification with as 
little effort as needed.

It would be interesting to see how many Pattern pilots are what I call 
Natural Competitors. The type that isn't happy unless they are trying to 
reach a level higher than average, to compete against others. Or how many 
of us spent quarter after quarter in a video game until most others went 
oohh aww, how did youdo that.

Ed


>From: Terry Terrenoire 
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: new concepts-Pattern is HARD!!! Darn It!
>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:14:25 -0400
>
>I love it!! A lot of truth that maybe a lot of us don't want to
>acknowledge.
>
>Terry T.
>
>
>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:21:07 -0500 "Gray E Fowler" 
>writes:
>
>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

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