[NSRCA-discussion] Small Models...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?

[Fred Huber]

You are correct that anyone who really wants to compete in pattern in search 
of trophies will quickly head to the 2-meter plane, and those who don't 
really want the trophies will use whatever works to fly.

I'm not after the trophies...  I may eventually get a 2-meter that can do 
Masters... but not for a while.  I don't even care if my plane can fly that 
sequence at all. (mainly a power-weight issue)  If the Goldberg Tiger 60 
wasn't so awful at stall-turns (wanting to half roll when kicking rudder) 
I'd still fly it in Sportsman.  Does the rest of the old sequence nicely. 
(that vertical up line in the new sequence would be a killer though)

I STILL think that the new Sportsman sequence is a mistake. Vertical up-line 
requires too much airplane performance and THAT is going to keep some 
potential beginners from competing.

FHH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hester" <kerlock at comcast.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Small 
Models...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?


> That is because people are looking fo a magic fix that I am utterly,
> totally, absolutely convinced does not exist.
>
> I am also absolutely utterly convinced that messing with the rules too 
> much
> over airframes in ANY class right now will ultimately have the opposite
> effect of what people are trying to accomplish.
>
> You guys know as well as I do that a major part of the draw in pattern is
> the planes themselves to a lot of people. Not all, but a substantial 
> number.
> In the sportsman class, if a guy has the ambition to secure a 2 meter 
> plane,
> history shows (around here anyway) that you're MUCH more likely to see him
> next year in intermediate. The guy with the Kaos.....more likely, not. 
> It's
> not because of cost, that is an excuse. Remove that excuse, they'll just
> find another. And now you've screwed the guy who WOULD have been around 
> next
> year....
>
> So let me get this straight....if you want to fly a 2 meter plane with a 
> OS
> or YS160, you would have to fly advanced? Jeez, that's not a good idea.
>
> When I started, my first contest, I knew I was going to do it. I scratch
> built a 2 meter plane and went for it. I wasn't the only one, most others 
> in
> sportsman also had 2 meter planes. One actually had bought a world team
> member's plane and was flying it....pretty well I might add...and I have 
> to
> say that even through masters and many years, that season was some of the
> best competition I have ever had. And we're still here. It produced 
> myself,
> AC Glenn, Bryan Kennedy, Steve Homenda to name a few. Steve was the only 
> one
> who wasn't flying a 2 meter plane, he was flying a 40 sized Arresti and
> whipping everyone's tail with it. Oddly enough, he didn't get deterred by
> the big bad evil 2 meters.
>
> There is no magic change to the rules that's going to bring newcomers in
> droves. You get creative, do what you can, and you make the best of what 
> you
> get. We're not driving people away in droves like some people seem to 
> think.
> If we are, it certainly isn't the rules regarding the size of the planes 
> and
> cost. Maybe, just maybe it has more to do with a lot of the negativity?
>
> That's just my opinion, I could be wrong....but I'm pretty sure I'm not =)
>
> -M
>
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