Pattern Box Rules (discussion)

[Ed Miller]

Dave, tell us how you really feel...........I'm thinking with the 
elimination of the box we could have a circular footprint, the flyer can fly 
all around himself like UC without strings. Then if we make it a requirement 
that anyone over 50 gets 100 points added to his raw score, eliminate any 
maneuver requiring more than 2 different stick movements and raise the 
weight limit to 20lbs we'll have hundreds flocking to contests all 
over...............
Was the box broken or something ??
Ed M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lockhart" <DaveL322 at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)


> Arch,
>
> I think you are right on target.
>
> Competition is supposed to be tough and challenging, and unlike too much 
> of
> the PC rhetoric in schools today, there is only ONE winner, and everyone
> else is a loser (even if they played the game "nice").
>
> Sometimes I wonder if pattern would attract more people if -
> - downgrades were 1 point per 30 degrees,
> - no downgrades for wind drift,
> - no box specified,
> - final score includes only your single best flight,
> - 3 "mulligans" allowed per flight,
>
> And, the awards at every contest included awards for best Peewee, Junior,
> Senior, Open, Sr. Open, and Super Senior.
>
> Then 90% of the scores would be 9 or better, and 90% of the entrants would
> go home with 1st place trophies.
>
> My apologies to anyone put off by this slightly off topic post.
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Archie Stafford" <rcpattern at comcast.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:08 PM
> Subject: RE: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)
>
>
>> What is the desire to make pattern easier.  Seems like every proposal is
> to
>> make the planes easier to build to meet the rules, or changing the
> patterns
>> because they are hard.  I got into pattern because of the challenge.  I
>> would much rather fly a very difficult schedule and have to go practice
>> often than to fly an easy schedule that everyone can do well.  The
> challenge
>> should never be who you are flying against, but to be able to go practice
> on
>> your own and see the results.  Contests are great, but I love pattern
>> because I know that everytime I go fly that I am NOT going to fly the
>> perfect flight.  The challenge is to go out and put in that much better
>> flight than I did before.
>>
>> We as a SIG are never going to attract everyone at the field.  It takes a
>> certain personality type to be interested in pattern.  I don't think the
>> solution is to water down pattern to where everyone wants to try it, but
> at
>> the cost of eliminating a lot of the challenges.  Once again I think we
> need
>> to put the emphasis on getting people to try it. Yes, we will lose a 
>> great
>> number of those people to lack of time, interest, money or whatever, but
> if
>> each district just picks up 5 or 6 people a year, it will keep pattern
>> healthy.  I have no problem being lenient with rules in Sportsman, but as
> I
>> think Chris Moon said, we don't need to sacrifice the other classes.
> There
>> are good cheaper alternatives with airframes (Aresti, Focus, or even 
>> older
>> designs that others are selling), motors, and radios.
>>
>> I think we need to concentrate on getting more people to try it, all the
>> while knowing that we are not going to keep everyone.
>>
>> Just my two cents...
>>
>> Arch
>>
>>
>>
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