[NSRCA-discussion] My Head is Spinning

[cahochhalter]

Yes, pattern is about becoming better, being challenged and competing.
I'm flying fai now, I flew against Brett, Jason, AC, Mark hunt, Paul villarubia, Bryan hebert, Mark Mendoca, earl Haury. 
I was not going to win.
But I challenged myself to get as close to them and push myself to be better and to learn.  And I didn't get a participation trophy, and I went home happy.
Stop dumbing down Pattern and take the challenge.
Chuck


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From: Ron Hansen via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Date: 11/5/16  3:34 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: NSCRA Discussion List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] My Head is Spinning 

Holly crap.  The thread about the 2017 NATs, the Sportsman tread, the Anthony Manifesto and a few others are all over the place.  The general consensus I heard prior to these threads is basically to leave well enough alone which is basically where I come down on all of this.  I think Sportsman, Intermediate and Advance are fine where they are and shouldn’t get any more or less difficult.  This is a competition so the Sportsman pilot is assumed to have some basic aerobatic competency not someone who just graduated from a trainer.  My sense is if you significantly change the rules for the lower classes you will lose a lot of the current regular competitors and if my hunch is correct you won’t attract any more new pilots. If we were going to do anything and I know this won’t get any traction it would be to go to a NASCAR set of pattern rules for the AMA classes where everyone flies the same plane, same motor and same servos and same speed controllers.  This would allow the one or two designers to be virtually guaranteed plenty of business which should significantly control cost.  I know this is a pipe dream but it has merit. I also don’t like dumbing down Intermediate and Advance because it gives me the sense that we are the Red Headed Step child of pattern. People aren’t leaving because it is too hard they are leaving because they aren’t competitive. Ron   



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