[NSRCA-discussion] Why I Fly Pattern

[Ron Hansen]

I must admit, I joined NSRCA about 2 years before I started competing
because of the Buyers Guide.  It was a great source of information on top
quality RC equipment.  I started competing due to the prompting of Bob
Schofield and Ken Alexander.  I always had an interest in competition but
never met anyone that was into it.  Prior to Bob Schofield joining our club,
no one in my previous 2 clubs competed in anything.

 

Other than health or finances I don't think I'll ever quit.  I fly more now
than I did as a sport pilot because I now have a motivation to get my butt
to the field even when the weather sucks.  My flying skills were stagnating
as I tried to bore holes in the sky as a sport pilot.  I wanted to learn how
to fly the plane rather than have the plane fly me.  Competition especially
pattern was and is the ticket.  Also by competing you learn an awful lot
about how to properly build, trim, program and setup any airplane.  You even
learn how to tune and maintain the most advanced engines/motors around.
I've learned more about this hobby in my 5 years in pattern than I would
have learned in a lifetime otherwise.

 

And to top it all off, the people that I've met in pattern are top notch.

 

Why do you fly pattern?

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