[NSRCA-discussion] Cost-participation-or some such stuff

[George Kennie]

You've gotta love this guy! This is "ENTERTAINMENT" guys. I can
always count on Gray to make me read and chuckle, and chuckle, and
chuckle. There have been others who achieved the same result and
makes my day a little brighter.
I'm so glad that Dave originated this thread. I love you guys !!!!
What fun!!!
Georgie

Gray E Fowler wrote:

>
> I have never flown non turnaround pattern. When I first got in to
> pattern I saw all the comments flyin' around about how turnaround
> kills attendance. To this day I cannot figure out why the older
> guys (which if you flew non turn around you were either very young
> then or old now) wank so much about this change. Perhaps the
> decline of pattern from its heyday has more to do with with other
> RC interest than stinkin' turnaround changes. When I was young, we
> had 3 TV channnels, and when MASH came on EVERYONE watched, unless
> Nixon was giving us a speech, which was on all 3 channels, in that
> case we were all screwed.....Would MASH be so popular today
> competing with 150 other channels, INCLUDING "The Food
> Channel????!!!!!"  I think not!  Learn how to make a
> quiche......or MASH. As you can see this is quite a quandary.
>
> I will say that when I first investigated pattern and found out
> everyone had $550 engines instead of my $99 two stroke-I was
> flabergasted. I still might be.
>
> To me turnaround is the coolest and not the problem.....when does
> this argument end? I would guess in another 10 years, because at
> that time all that flew NON turnaround will be dead or quit due to
> age.
>
> When I started Ed Hurt was flying Masters at age 75......He told
> me alot but NEVER told me that turnaround sucked........
>
> Billion Dollar Batteries, Electric gear motors, $650 engines and
> pristine "works of art" scare the average sport flyer (by
> showing/thinking they cannot do that) much more than
> turnaround......
>
> Scenario #56.....Sport flyer thinking about pattern......Lets see,
> No problem with powerplants costing 5-15X of my OS.45, just won't
> feed the kids for a week, 300 hours to build and paint a flying
> master piece, and of course $2500 for that kit -semi arf deal,
> then I gotta learn turnaround too!!!! No WAY.....Dealing with the
> French for the plane was bad enough, now I gotta learn turnaound
> too????...I am out for sure......
>
> Now I am off in search of the perfect P-51 lookin'pattern
> plane.............I think that that bottom air scoop makes for
> better Knife Edges, increases rudder authority, slows the plane
> down better, increasing smoothness and gracefulness (thus
> increasing scores), makes snap entrances better, AND better
> throttle response (far superior to ANY electric). I conducted
> these tests myself, collected data so I know I am right. I cannot
> believe that the rest of you have not seen the wisdom of a P-51
> pattern plane. No wonder you find turnaround so difficult.
>
> Gray Fowler
> Principal Chemical Engineer
> Composites Engineering
>
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