Growing Pattern

[Wayne Galligan]

AOL EmailWHAT????  you mean   NO MORE    "Aresti's" ????

WG

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Pastorello 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:40 PM
  Subject: Re: Growing Pattern


  Well put, Phil.  Plus, the fact that these smaller pattern arf's are selling like they are tells us SOMETHING.  People LOVE the way these airplanes fly.  They permit the pilot to become more proficient.  They don't make a person "compete".  But they do generate interest.

  Then the guy goes to an event - watches, observes, asks questions - BANG.  The perception he carries away is that his really nice pattern ARF that flies so wonderfully just would be out of place.

  It doesn't matter what the rules state;  this is a perception issue, and has to be addressed by those of us who DO this thing.
      Ya'll look for me to seriously compete in Masters in '05 with the 90 Excelleron.

  Bob Pastorello
  NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
  rcaerobob at cox.net
  www.rcaerobats.net


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Prmoore at aol.com 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:34 PM
    Subject: Re: Growing Pattern


          My 2 cents.

          To grow pattern there has to be competitive low cost entry level planes.  You can argue all you want about it's all about the flyer not the plane, but it won't rectify the reality or perception that a 2 M plane designed for pattern flies better than a 40 size that isn't.  

          Some of the lower cost ARF's coming to market such as the Swallow 90, Excelleron, Arresti III will be a help.  

          I also suspect that a set of free plans to an entry level plane (90 or 120 sized) designed to be easy to build that could be downloaded would be a big plus as well.  Something along the lines of the Kaos's or Boxer series from years back, but brought up to today's aerodynamics, style and designed for fewer parts and simple scratch build techniques.  

          The open source community has shown that the "build it and they will come" method works and gains steam as time goes on.  A set of CAD drawings available from the NSRCA web site might do the same.

          In my club there is a retired flyer that flies the sportsman pattern with a profile fun fly very, very well.  He flies it routinely, would be very competitive, but he won't enter and compete with that plane.  

          Phil 
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