Growing Pattern

[Xwindflyer at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/14/2004 7:35:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Prmoore at aol.com writes:

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



 
 
My 2 cents worth,
 
Anyone who wants to design or re-design and offer a plan, also wants to get  
paid for it. Especially if its on the internet
 
Armand
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