[NSRCA-discussion] Was Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

This is a fine direction and Mike should be greatly commended for the  offer.
 
I would like to go on record and recommend that we do something similar for  
the Nationals. I can't ask Mike to offer a second model for the Nats Sportsman 
 winner as well, that would be killer. 
 
So let me suggest that we all, the Nats attendees, pitch in an extra $10  
each into a pot such that something similar could be done with ready finished  
airframes available. I am NOT talking Pinnascle here. There are several other  
excellent alernatives that don't cost anywhere near the amount. If you want to  
participate and want to offer more, great. If not, that's fine too. 
 
Or perhaps we could ask one of the manufacturers to see us halfway on one  of 
their planes. 
 
Will this result in more participation?? Who knows. But it is doing  
something, just as Mike has done, rather than just TaLk about Pattern's  demise, how 
Pattern is dyeing yada, yada, yada.
 
Anyone with me on that one?
 
Matt
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/26/2006 10:48:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
kerlock at comcast.net writes:

Well, we're working on it =)
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm as bad as anybody, the  thought of owning an Oxai 
with a hacker set up really appeals to me. But I'm  also practical enough to 
realize that it's not necessary, and really not  within my price range. Therefore, 
I do something different.
 
And I think a few of us have come up with some  really viable alternatives. 
It takes a lot of work on our part, a lot more  than the casual flyer may 
realize. To take a blank sheet of paper and turn  that into a good flying, 
attractive but most of all COMPETETIVE F3A plane is a  real labor of love. And we 
constatnly tweak and refine, and the results speak  for themselves I think., after 
some stumbling, learning and  perserverance.
 
>From where I sit, I see a bright future for  pattern, with more options than 
ever. Wood, composite, glow, gas, electric,  ARF, or built from scratch in the 
basement, and ALL of them able to win the  top prize in the hands of a well 
practiced pilot.
 
Well, here it is, almost the beginning of March.  What are we doing to bring 
new guys into our ranks? I'm trying a totally new  approach (at least in my 
time). The winner of the D3 sportsman championship  gets a built Black Magic 
with quite a few extras. I can do it for a relatively  small amount of money, but 
a good bit of work. but if it attracts even a  couple of dedicated new 
pilots, it's worth it to me. I can't find any reason  not to do it, so I cleared it 
with the pattern powers and now there it is...a  HUGE prize to fly for in 
sportsman. 
 
This could be "the" year, for all of us. Make  something happen. Make it to 
all the contests you can. Go to the Nats if at  all possible. Send a clear 
message that we're not dying. Take the initiative  and train at least one new guy 
and take him to a contest. And most of all,  make sure he has fun. Don't just 
get him there and then leave him to fend for  himself. if you're going to be 
really busy, make sure you introduce him to the  "cool" people that will take 
him (or her) under thier wing and see that he  doesn't find it to be a bad 
experience.
 
It starts now. Spread the word, adjust the  perceptions, and let's make 2006 
THE year. This is a great game we play, fun,  challenging, rewarding, 
competetive, and we need to foster the good parts and  bury the bad as deep as we can.
 
Ok that was the soapboxiest soapbox I've ever  stood on, but I'm done =P
 
-Mike
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Doug  Cronkhite_ (mailto:seefo at san.rr.com)  
To: _'NSRCA Mailing List'_ (mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org)   
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 1:25  AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Was  Mini Brio, Now Pattern Longitevity



Truthfully..  competition will never be for the masses..  
One thing that  would certainly help pattern is for people to believe they 
can be  competitive without having to spend $5000 on an airplane. They most  
certainly can do it.. but the PERCEPTION needs to be there for it to take  hold. 
-Doug 






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