[NSRCA-discussion] Changing list behavior.

[David Lockhart]

I have noticed a behavioral change in this discussion list over the years when it comes to electric power. There was always some polarization to Radios and engines etc.
**********Electric is generating more or less polarization?


What I noticed most was that the glow era engine owners were very willing to report their engine failures and a whole myriad of engine fixes and preventative medicine.
**********Electric is still a small percentage of pattern, and those currently running electric are learning - the large historical database of problems and fixes does not exist yet.


I still see the latter but not as much of the failure reporting. I put this down to sponsored pilot behavior with all products.
***********Sponsored pilots in the past reported failures of glow engines and now the same pilots don't report failures with electrics???  


I also noted a change at the top.
***********Pilots at the top - this would be the US Team (and the handful of other pilots legitimately pushing the guys on the Team)?  The current US Team was all glow, and is now transitioning to electric - but the Team is the same - no change at the top.


Now most all the pilots are sponsored in one form or another. We always had a few sponsored pilots but now the unsponsored pilot is the exception.
***********Numbers please!!!  Much of the sponsorship that used to go to pattern now goes elsewhere - this trend has been happening for many years in response to the growth of IMAC style planes, jets (duct fan and turbine), electrics, and 3D in general.


Maybe it is time to have a Pro-Am separation in the awards?
************No more so now than in the past.  But hey, acknowledging our numbers now are smaller than in the past, why not set up Pro-Am, and do it for each of juniors (under 18), seniors (59.5 plus), and open (between 18 and 19.5) - odds are we could all go home with awards?


Regards,

Dave Lockhart
DaveL322 at comcast.net

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.nsrca.org/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20060326/4555704a/attachment.html