Pattern Box Rules (discussion)

[Joe Lachowski]

In addition, we should focus on not making it any harder than it already is!

We keep spinning our wheels every rules cycle making change after change 
after change. We probably have more rules change proposals than most any SIG 
out there on average every time there is a rules cycle. When are we going to 
get this right? When will that day come when the only thing we change is the 
sequences and maybe one or two minor items?

>From: "Archie Stafford" <rcpattern at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: RE: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)
>Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:08:13 -0500
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>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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