Artistic Aerobatics suggestions

[Terry Terrenoire]

I bought my first radio in 1970. It was an MRC F710. The old gold box.
Cost was $220 for 4 basic channels. No channel reversing, no mixing, and
what the heck is expo anyway?

As I calculate it, that works out to about $2000 in '04 dollars!

We are really getting a bargain with our radio equipment

Terry T.


On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:59:13 -0500 "Del K. Rykert"
<drykert at rochester.rr.com> writes:
I paid $400.00 after tax and 1 extra servo for a PCS system (made by
Kraft) and that had closed gimbals and was state of the art in 1970.

                         del 
               NSRCA - 473
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Terry Brox 
To: discussion at nsrca.org 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions


Well put Steve. I agree. BTW how much was the top of the line radio in
the 70's? Or even an average radio? I know I paid 225.00 for a Kraft
Sport series.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Patternrules at aol.com 
To: discussion at nsrca.org 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions


 What we have to remember is that if you look at the overall #'s of $'s
spent in this hobby, you will see real quick, that there just not there,
in the 80's I checked with the hobby assoication and the #'s just aren't
there in fact what I found was rc cars had more than twice the $'s as
aircraft now compare that with golf or even tennis. I have golfed for
some years until I got back into pattern and Tournament bass fished for
sometime as well, when I stopped fishing, $20,000 boat, vehicle to pull
it 20 to 30 thousand, and that's no equitment, I was told golf was very
expensive how could that be, the most expensive clubs at $4000  and green
fees, membership is the cheap way to go, pattern seems really
inexpensive, as always money talk's and if your from Texas you know BS
walk's.
 I think our number's of people involved isn't bad at all. Think about it
in the 50's and 60's rc was real high tech at that time now it's like an
old hat, most people know what it is, have seem on TV even in commercials
and the start of home improvement for a year.
 Let's not try to make this something it isn't. Pattern pilot will alway
be some of the best pilots and will always be or at least at my field the
ones to ask "HOW DO YOU DO THAT" "CAN YOU HELP ME TUNE MY ENGINE" ect.
ect. There's a lot of pride in what we do, and everyone involved should
be proud.
 Sure I try to encourage people to get into pattern, but it isn't for
eveyone, to some people just traveling to a contest would be to much.


Steve Maxwell
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