[NSRCA-discussion] Back to glow???!!!
Robert Mairs
robertm at sssnet.com
Mon Jan 15 02:30:06 AKST 2007
Any time I get the urge to go back to the DZ, I just look at my old log
book, that usually ends it. Plus I called the hobby shop to see what a case
of 30% was going for since I hadn't bought any in a couple of years, my
original packs are at breakeven with glow, any extra is a bonus.
> Adrien L Terrenoire wrote:
>> Just recently I was having a discussion with several top pattern
>> fliers adn the sentiment seemed to be that we will be heading BACK to
>> nitro power, and away from the current, pun intended, trend.
>>
>> Any thoughts out there?
>>
>> Terry T
>>
>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:18:55 -0500 "Emory Schroeter"
>> <emorydmd at earthlink.net <mailto:emorydmd at earthlink.net>> writes:
>>
>> Jon,
>>
>> Don't let it get under your skin. Someone will always find fault
>> with what you do when it is done publicly. BTW, I saved a copy of
>> your article just in case I decide to switch back to glow :-)
>> Although, I'm not ready to switch back yet. Thanks for taking the
>> time to do it. It is important that folks like yourself contribute
>> to the KF. It is the only way it will continue to be a fantastic
>> publication.
>>
>> Thanks, Emory.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* JonLowe at aol.com <mailto:JonLowe at aol.com>
>> *To:* nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:15 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] List rules... ??
>>
>> Amen. I'm getting tired of the "political correctness" both
>> on the list and the K Factor. I'm taking it a little personal
>> at this point, because Lamar Blair told me that he got a
>> letter (not email) the other day blasting the article I wrote
>> on the OS 1.60 in the Nov 2006 K Factor. Why? Because I
>> dared to mention Tower Hobbies and other sources as suggested
>> places you could get the pieces I described. I have not seen
>> the letter, as Lamar sent it on to Derek K., but Lamar
>> described the contents. The writer is a member of NSRCA and
>> was offended because I mentioned non-advertising vendors, at
>> the alledged expense of advertising vendors and local hobby
>> shops. Let's see, Great Planes is a regular full page
>> advertiser in the K Factor as the importer for Futaba and OS.
>> Hmm, who owns Great Planes? Hobbico. Who owns Tower?
>> Hobbico. Seems like Hobbico supports the K Factor to me. So
>> much for that crime.
>>
>> Other vendors I mentioned were Aeroslave, Andy Pollitt for
>> nose rings, Home Depot, Karl Mueller for headers, Boca
>> Bearings, Dave Lockhart for repitched props, Bob Pasterello
>> for coupler material, Morgan fuel, and a couple of others in
>> passing. Why did I mention them? Because that would have
>> been the first email I got, asking, "where do you buy this
>> stuff?". Some of these guys are so small that advertising a
>> lot doesn't make sense for them. Very few, if any, of the
>> specialized parts may be available at your particular local
>> hobby shop (LHS), and some vendors don't sell thru LHS. I
>> support my LHS, but giving sources lets people look at what
>> they are buying, even if they get it thru the LHS. I also
>> support K Factor vendors, as my bills from Central and Budd
>> prove. And sometimes I just don't feel like driving 20
>> minutes to my LHS for something they don't stock and would
>> special order, that I can order online and have delivered to
>> my door in a couple of days.
>>
>> Frankly, I think Ihncheol did the right thing. He let people
>> know of a supply for a scare product in high demand. He could
>> have told his buddies about it, and have one of them post it,
>> and no one would (or could)have said a thing. It isn't like
>> he is on here all the time pushing his products.
>>
>> The writer of the letter did not have the courtesy to copy me
>> on the letter. Derek, if you read this, please send me a copy
>> when you get it. Frankly, if the whole thing wasn't so
>> ridiculous, I'd think twice about writing another article for
>> the K Factor.
>>
>> Incidently, I am not sponsored by any of the companies I
>> mentioned in my article or here. I do write for RC Report on
>> occasion. Oops, I just mentioned a non-advertisor! Shame on
>> me...
>>
>> Jon Lowe
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/14/2007 11:42:58 AM Central Standard
>> Time, ronlock at comcast.net writes:
>>
>> We benefit from short focused posts on availability of
>> some difficult to
>> find product/part, substitute parts, reference to a part
>> to solve problems,
>> answers to questions, etc. Be that from a sponsored
>> pilot, service company,
>> cottage supplier, etc.
>>
>> Do we need to ask NSRCA leadership for an interpretation
>> or re-write of the
>> Policy to establish a "Balance" of OK information as
>> opposed to abuse of the
>> list
>> by advertisers? If this is a problem, then maybe so. Ive
>> not seen a
>> problem.
>>
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