[NSRCA-discussion] SmallModels...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?

[Ken Thompson]

Fred,

Why is that vertical upline any harder to complete than the old stall turn? 
They both end at the same elevation...


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From: "Fred Huber" <fhhuber at clearwire.net>
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SmallModels...goodforthefutureofthePatternEvent?


>
> 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>
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> 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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