[NSRCA-discussion] K-Factor morphed into Grow Pattern

krishlan fitzsimmons homeremodeling2003 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 29 07:51:29 AKST 2009


It's hard to attract new members members with one arf (the Aquila) that is in the same price range as many 2m Imac type planes. We will not grow much until there is stuff available that people will buy, just to fly around as a sport plane at sport plane costs. Then they may give pattern a try later on when they find out it's fun flying a pattern plane. 

Please tell everyone you know to take the vote!!! 

It's hard to get a realistic number on how many paper copies will be required for a true estimate with only 1/3 of our members voting. 

Thanks guys!

Chris          

--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Derek Koopowitz <derekkoopowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Derek Koopowitz <derekkoopowitz at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] K-Factor morphed into Grow Pattern
To: cahochhalter at yahoo.com, "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 8:32 AM



 
I originally wanted to ask companies like Great Planes to 
please put a flyer in some of their pattern related kits... I still think this 
is a good idea.  Your idea is worth looking into...



From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Charles 
Hochhalter
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:19 AM
To: 
General pattern discussion; jpavlick at idseng.com
Subject: Re: 
[NSRCA-discussion] K-Factor morphed into Grow Pattern




  
  
    
      Has any thought of having the K Factor available to members online 
      only and that would free up funds to put some in print and send to hobby 
      shops?
       
      Just thinking outloud.
       
      Chuck Hochhalter

--- On Thu, 1/29/09, John Pavlick 
      <jpavlick at idseng.com> wrote:

      From: 
        John Pavlick <jpavlick at idseng.com>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] 
        K-Factor morphed into Grow Pattern
To: "General pattern discussion" 
        <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Thursday, January 29, 
        2009, 3:01 PM


        
        
          
          
            
              Jim,
               Interesting observations. In my neck of the woods 
              (Connecticut) there is almost NO IMAC or Pattern competition 
              so I don't see any of this. Part of the reason for that is 
              that it's hard to find large, open areas where you're allowed to 
              fly model airplanes. Let alone have an organized contest. My state 
              pretty much sucks in that regard. There sems to be plenty of room 
              for shopping centers and "retirement communities" however.
               
              Even with these restrictions, I've managed to enlighten a few 
              people and make them aware of Precision Aerobatics. By this I 
              mean IMAC AND Pattern. Some people just don't want to fly Pattern, 
              whereas others simply don't want to fly IMAC. That's fine as far 
              as I'm concerned but the point is they need to know about them. 
              That's where I think Patttern and the NSRCA suffers the most. 
              People simply don't know that we exist. We need to increase our 
              visibility if we want to attract new members. We DON'T need to 
              change anything with how we fly, how we judge, etc. At least not 
              to attract new people. All we need to do is let them know we're 
              here and that they can fly with us if they want to. No pressure to 
              join. Just take your basic sport model to a contest and fly a few 
              rounds in Sportsman. Don't buy a new radio or airplane. Don't 
              worry about the weight or size. Just show up. If we want to grow 
              Patttern, that's one of the things that we need to do. 
              If printed copies of the K-Factor at local hobby shops will help 
              with that cause (it just might), then send me a box so I can 
              drop them off. :)
               
              John Pavlick
               
              BTW - I actually did learn about the NSRCA through the 
              K-Factor after a club member handed me a copy that he picked up 
              somewhere. Once I knew that Patttern was still alive in my 
              area (I had taken a LONG hiatus) I built a new airplane, 
              started going to contests and joined the NSRCA.
               
              
--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Woodward, Jim (US SSA) 
              <jim.woodward at baesystems.com> wrote:

              From: 
                Woodward, Jim (US SSA) 
                <jim.woodward at baesystems.com>
Subject: Re: 
                [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor Poll
To: 
                "General pattern discussion" 
                <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Thursday, 
                January 29, 2009, 2:16 PM


                
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                JN 
                – there is more to the comparison of IMAC/Pattern than the 
                traceable history to the TOC or available ARF scenario.  I 
                think Jay hit on it something important other day stating 
                something to the effect that, “… if you are not in FAI or 
                Masters you are left on your own.”  (forgive me if it 
                wasn’t Jay or I misquoted).  Pattern and IMAC are totally 
                different in many ways and being that I’m involved in the 
                District/Leadership of each, I’ll list a few in no particular 
                order:
                1.       
                Basic, 
                Sportsman, Intermediate in IMAC:  in a 50 person contest, 
                there are 5 Unlimited, 5 Advanced, and 40 persons spread almost 
                equally between the lower classes
                
                
                2.       
                Sportsman, 
                Intermediate, Advanced in Pattern: In a 20 person contest, maybe 
                3-4 FAI, 7-10 Masters, 8-10 spread between lower classes. 

                3.       
                R/C 
                Clubs view holding an IMAC Contest as a money-making 
                event.  Not so sure for the pattern event. 
                4.       
                Not 
                such a rush to move up in classes in IMAC:  IMAC changes 
                sequences yearly and has unknowns flown each contest, all 
                classes except for Basic.  IMAC classes get harder in a 
                hurry.  For instance the intermediate class will have a 90 
                degree rolling turn in it and numerous snaps rolls, also a 
                spin.   There is no mercy on unknowns… sometimes they 
                are more difficult than the normal sequence, sometimes easier, 
                sometimes just different.  There is not an expectation that 
                all pilots will reach the “destination” class.  There is no 
                destination class in IMAC.  
                5.       
                Piloting 
                differences?  I find the average IMAC pilot is a fairly 
                high skilled R/C pilot that is learning the precision side of 
                things. You might watch a OK sequence, but later in the evening 
                see them throwing it down on the deck in aggressive Freestyle 
                most of us would dare try.  The Pattern guys grow-up 
                precision and can fly a higher scoring stall turn and have 
                better sequence-fundamentals (and positioning), but lack in some 
                of the other R/C roundness. 
                6.       
                The 
                IMAC ranks have a lot of guys “who used to fly pattern” in 
                them.  I’ve heard it all as to why they stopped flying 
                pattern and here it is (believe me or not , up to you): 
                a.       
                Pattern 
                is too political at the top 
                b.      
                Feeling 
                of Topped out – it didn’t matter how much I practiced, I 
                couldn’t improve my scores or beat that one guy 
                c.       
                Best 
                flights aren’t winning rounds 
                d.      
                Didn’t 
                fit in 
                e.      
                These 
                are opinions range from normal pilots, to “top guys” that only 
                fly IMAC now 
                7.       
                Flying/Positioning 
                – I love the pattern way of flying in a box, with a centerpole – 
                I FREAKIN-HATE the IMAC way of writing sequences with “sort of 
                left, sort of right” maneuvers.  I understand why it is 
                done and such, but I’d take the box anyday.  Flying the box 
                in pattern is its “own-significant-difficulty” which makes the 
                less complex maneuvers harder to do.  The IMAC way lets 
                them “load-up” each maneuver into a super-complex deal – very 
                hard to score well I may add too.  However, its all part of 
                the pie. 
                8.       
                Winning?  
                In pattern, a win means you flew the sequences the best.  
                This is cool because often you can “beat” a better pilot, by 
                flying the maneuver you need to know how to do better than the 
                other guys.  In IMAC, usually the “best” pilots wins, 
                because it is a combination of flying the known and unknown. 
                
                9.       
                Planes?  
                Pattern planes fly the best, but are harder to fly well.  
                Pattern planes are less affected by small changes in atmospheric 
                conditions, or good/bad engine days – IE  -- you almost 
                always have enough power in a pattern plane regardless of 
                sequence flown.  IMAC  - totally different.  
                Humidity (specifically), can DRASTICALLY affect the speed of 
                your plane.  Power requirements change hugely with 
                sequence/class changes.  For instance, unlimited need a 
                truly unlimited power setup.  Not so easy to move up 
                without changing equipment.  A 40% plane is easier to fly 
                “wings-level”, but the judging penalties are 0.5 point per 5 
                degrees, instead of 1 point per 15 degrees. 
                10.   
                Organizational 
                view on Judging – I don’t know what the NSRCA stance is on 
                judging right now.  In IMAC, there is HUGE $$$ spent on 
                judging programs, seminars, and creating a national standard for 
                judging.  How do they do this?  They fly in people 
                from all around the country for a national-type of judge 
                certification.  These guys then go forth and carry the 
                message. 
                a.       
                Why 
                do they do this?  Because they know that regional 
                differences and biases, or cheating of any kind, can kill-off an 
                organization.  They put a huge leadership and 
                organizational priority on getting judging right.  – if you 
                know me – you know I like that. 
                 

                So, 
                there are many, many differences between the two.  
                Personally, I gravitate towards flying the pattern plane.  
                However, the “competitive” factors in IMAC are solid too and 
                given the activity around my neck of the woods, you can’t pass 
                it up.  So what’s the point, I guess the point still is 
                that  the total formula is working for IMAC.  The 
                NSRCA formula is not.  What can we take from the 
                differences to tune-up our own game?  And regarding the 
                K-factor – in today’s economy it is hard to justify business 
                decisions that don’t break even.  
                Jim 

                 

                 

                
                
                From: 
                nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
                [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf 
                Of J N Hiller
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 
                8:48 PM
To: General pattern 
                discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic 
                versus Paper K-Factor Poll
                
                 
                IMAC v/s Pattern is almost an apples to 
                oranges comparison. IMAC popularity can be traced to the TOC and 
                the general appeal of large colorful high performance readily 
                available aircraft but mostly visibility. Pattern flying 
                is absent from many local clubs but large aerobatic airplanes 
                are represented nearly everywhere. The big airplanes attract the 
                press and interests spectators. Pattern by comparison is 
                extremely repetitious and boring to those not directly involved. 
                
                I didn't want to get into this here but 
                I question how many non-pattern folks would read a free 
                K-Factor. There is a free sample available there now. Is anybody 
                finding it? The problem I find is "Pattern" visibility. I 
                couldn't get Google to find the NSRCA when querying aerobatics, 
                RC aerobatics or pattern, however IMAC showed up. It's as if 
                some amount of prior knowledge is needed before an outsider can 
                gain access to pattern activity. 
                AMA doesn't do a very good of job 
                explaining competition events or activity and if you don't know 
                follow the SIG you are kind of out of luck. How dose an outsider 
                become aware of and interested in any competition event without 
                knowing where to look? 
                As for the K-Factor, the publication is 
                second to none. I have been receiving them since it was several 
                folded 11 x 14 sheets from a copy machine. The content has for 
                the most part remained about the same; mostly contest results 
                and district news. It's more of a competition newsletter with 
                content of interest to those involved and of questionable 
                interest to outsiders or the mildly interested. There is little 
                seed for growing interest in any rulebook event on the Internet. 
                It only happens at the local level with people having fun. 
                
                To be active competitors in either IMAC 
                or pattern requires a fair amount of disposable income and time 
                commitment. We draw from the same shrinking pool of people 
                willing to commit to a weekend out of town to participate in 
                what appears to be a very regimented activity flown near the 
                limit of visibility for many. Bigger really is better and we 
                (Pattern) is somewhat restricted by trying to remain compatible 
                with FAI. 
                I have probably gone on too long but I 
                don't believe our salvation lies in a free K-Factor, not that it 
                shouldn't be, it just won't draw many to our 
                sport. 
                Sorry Derek, forgive me for splattering 
                this even more. 
                Jim Hiller 
                 
                 
                -----Original 
                Message-----
From: 
                nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
                [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of 
                Troy Newman
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:44 
                PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: 
                Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor 
                Poll 
                 
                 

                Jim, 

                 

                What 
                is really amazing is locally here in AZ and Sothern California 
                IMAC contests attract 60-70 pilots. 
                 

                IMAC 
                membership is up near 1000 members. They have an online only 
                newsletter. Not even a magazine. 
                 

                Why 
                would it be horrible to emulate an organization that is 
                successful like that. 
                 

                They 
                can’t be doing anything right they are just IMACers 
                Just 
                something to think about. 
                 

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