Does Pattern competition cost too much?

[Ron Van Putte]

On Jul 25, 2005, at 4:51 PM, vicenterc at comcast.net wrote:

> 300 miles around Kansas City we have 8 pattern contests.  IMAC used to 
> have one in Kansas City but has been canceled this year.

We have had or will have at least eight Pattern contests within five 
hour's driving time from my location in northwest Florida.  I don't 
know of any IMAC contests within that area.

Ron Van Putte


>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> Does anyone know how many IMAC contests there are relative to the 
>> same geo-area where pattern contests are run?
>>  
>> Eric.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: J.Oddino
>>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:40 PM
>>> Subject: Does Pattern competition cost too much?
>>>
>>> From time to time I hear folks suggesting the reason the number of 
>>> contestants is down is due to the high cost of pattern planes and 
>>> support equipment.  Well I don't believe that is the reason.  This 
>>> weekend I went to a relatively local IMAC contest in Camarillo 
>>> California and there were somthing like 61 preregistered and 56 
>>> actually flying.  I'd guess 80% of the planes were 40% scale, 
>>> meaning they had $1500 engines and $3000 airframes and $1500 worth 
>>> of servos.  Then you've got the motor homes and trucks and trailers 
>>> to transport them.  I still say the highest cost of flying is the 
>>> driving to and from the field and that is probably why the park 
>>> flyers are so popular. 
>>> So what is the reason for the drop in attendance and the drop in the 
>>> number of pattern contests?  Or is that only in Southern California?
>>>  
>>> Jim O
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