DZ160s-and others-opinions-opinions

[Brian Young]

HEY....WHATS wrong w/ Futaba!!!!!!


...  lol .......


--- Gray E Fowler <gfowler at raytheon.com> wrote:
> Here is opinion #56.4
> 
> This is for the newer guys as I know for sure that
> some that have been 
> around are firmly entrenched in their pattern
> behaviour....
> 
> Kudos to anyone who is sponsored. Who is gonna argue
> with free stuff. Rest 
> assured that obtaining that engine or that radio is
> not going to make you 
> better- If you have a "decent" radio and engine
> already.  I really wonder 
> why the MFGs sponsor at all. Let me hear from the
> people who went out and 
> bought a piece of equipment simply because they saw
> a sponsored pilot used 
> it.  I really know why the MFGs sponsor, because
> even though no one will 
> probably admit to it, sponsorship works to a point.
> 
> The list of decent engines and radios is pretty
> good, there are several 
> good choices and most of them do not require
> anywhere near $1000. The new 
> guys should ask around and get opinions and remember
> that most of what you 
> will hear is total opinion and alot of time non
> scientific based.   Just 
> about any computer radio will get you through many
> seasons as you get 
> better and better (because you are flying). And this
> thing about the 
> biggest D...... I mean the biggest engine, the most
> RPMs, is very 
> difficult to sort through. What rarely you hear is
> apple to apples 
> comparison. Every engine 1.4 and up on the market
> will do the job from at 
> least into Masters....and when you get to
> Masters....I would be much more 
> worried about my actual flying skills than and extra
> 300-500 RPM 
> (especially when that really comes from 30% nitro at
> $25/gal). 
> 
> The question stands.......Ask any pattern flyer if
> he thinks his current 
> plane is "a good plane" and then count the negative
> answers. I have yet to 
> hear "This plane sucks but I am gonna fly it this
> year anyway".  Same goes 
> with radios and engines. Why? Because the planes
> radios and engines 
> available are good.....even if a sponsored pilot is
> not using it..........
> 
> Signed
> 
>  "A two stroke guy too stupid to buy a Futaba, or a
> DZ"
> 
> 
> 
> Gray Fowler
> Principal Chemical Engineer
> Composites Engineering


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