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

[dwaynenancy]

Do you remember Ted White's El Gringo.  Mustang looking.  Dwayne

Dean Pappas wrote:

> Hi Gray,
> You never saw my '90/'91 season Stand-off Mustang?
> Dean
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> Dean Pappas
> Sr. Design Engineer
> Kodeos Communications
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>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>     [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]*On Behalf Of
>     *Gray E Fowler
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:48 AM
>     *To:* NSRCA Mailing List
>     *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Cost-participation-or some such stuff
>
>
>     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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