[NSRCA-discussion] From - Its quiet in here to -- Indoor Pattern

[Gray E Fowler]

The real answer for you yankees and mid western types is to move to the 
land of "Y'all". Snow today, 65F flying weather tomorrow. Dump that dead 
end job, uproot the kids, pack up the wife and exit the mother in law -all 
for the love of pattern. You can live here without using that "Y'all" 
term, but "fixin' " is another matter...
...I'm fixin' to go flyin'......




Gray Fowler
Senior Principal Chemical Engineer
Radomes and Specialty Apertures
Technical Staff Composites Engineering
Raytheon



Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> 
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We use NAS Lakehurst, Hangar 1.
 
Ed


Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:20:42 -0500
From: atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] From - Its quiet in here to -- Indoor 
Pattern

Expecting 12” of snow today...but no place to practice (Cleveland). 
Finding a place to fly indoors is next to impossible.  We have access to 
the golf domes every weekend, but that’s like flying in a smash up derby. 
Easily 10-12 planes in the air at any given time and it’s rare to go more 
than a flight or two without a midair, some minor, some catastrophic. And 
that’s assuming you follow the circle pattern.  Practicing an F3P pattern 
would be impossible.

Where are people getting regular access to a practice facility?  Gyms are 
here are either booked, or closed.   We have some great indoor soccer 
fields that have availability but they’re $300/hr, so you either need a 
gang...pronounced crash fest, or deep pockets. 

So what’s the scoop...are people paying up, or is there a secret to 
finding a good location?

-Mark


On 3/7/08 12:16 PM, "John Konneker" <jlkonn at hotmail.com> wrote:

Jeremy,
It's great to see you post on the list!
I live in SE Iowa.  Not much outdoor flying in the winter.  This winter 
about -0-!  I've had a couple Depron/FanFold foamies in the past but a 
couple months ago I discovered the F3P planes.  WOW!  They ARE a lot of 
fun.  I want to try to get something going next winter, it's kind of late 
in the season now.  I hope interest continues to grow!
JLK


From: lagrue at hotmail.com
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:50:39 +0000
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] From - Its quiet in here to -- Indoor Pattern

Since someone mentioned that its kinda quiet over the past couple of days, 
I'll throw something out there..... 
 
I normally just lurk, but I wanted to throw out this for everyone. 
 
Its winter, so many are building, updating or planning out their planes 
for this coming season, but there is an option out there that allows us to 
fly all winter and keep our thumbs sharp. 
 
http://www.rcgroups.com/indoor-pattern-f3p-373/
 
Indoor Pattern has gained a lot of popularity in the past 2 years and 
seems to be growing all the time. There are lots of obvious differences 
between indoor and outdoor pattern, but there area also a lot of 
similarities. 
 
The cost of entry is incredibly low compared to that of a 2m pattern plane 
(try less than the cost of a new YS for 2 RTF competitive indoor pattern 
planes) and more and more places are becoming available to fly them. 
 
There are lots of good designs out there on the market designed 
specifically for this area - FancyFoam.com and Hobby-Lobby.com are both 
particularly well stocked. 
 
Anyway its a lot of fun. 

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