Pattern Box Rules (discussion)

[Bob Richards]

Maybe "fast and low" is what attracted newcomers 20
years ago. Made the otherwise BORING spectator event
somewhat exciting. I would do my knife-edge, point
rolls, and slow rolls on-the-deck. And then there were
the "gear passes" people would do right over the
runway! :-)

Bob R.

--- Ed Miller <edbon85 at charter.net> wrote:
> Buck Rodgers looking pattern planes ?? They were
> cool. Fast and low is where 
> it's at. And today we have the "Guppy" look. Slow,
> quiet and about as 
> exciting as watching my beard turn gray. I do like
> the quiet though ( comes 
> with the over 40 syndrome of reading glasses and
> years of telling rugrats to 
> shut up ). What will tomorrow bring ??? : )
> Ed M.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Richards" <bob at toprudder.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)
> 
> 
> > Dean,
> >
> > Pre turnaround, I liked to fly close in, whether I
> > scored well or not (equivalent of Intermediate and
> > Advanced classes). I probably flew no more than 75
> > meters out, and low.  Pre-turnarond, at least we
> had
> > the option to fly any distance we wanted.
> >
> > That is the part I liked about pre-turnaround.
> > Overall, I like turnaround since it is more like
> > full-scale aerobatics. I even flew a scale plane
> in
> > Masters. And I still like to fly as close in as
> > possible. There is something beautiful about low
> and
> > slow using good throttle management. I don't
> > particularly miss the Buck Rodgers looking pattern
> > ships of the 70s and 80s with the piped .60s
> screaming
> > at 18k rpm. Well, OK, I DID kinda like the EU1A.
> :-)
> >
> > Throttle management is something that ANY flyer
> could
> > learn. How often do you see someone learning to
> fly,
> > and their trainer is FULL THROTTLE for the entire
> > flight. IMHO, that is one of the biggest problems
> with
> > models and noise today, but that is getting a
> little
> > off topic....
> >
> > Bob R.
> >

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