[NSRCA-discussion] Competition

[W Anthony Abdullah]

I must really be messed up, I watched the video from the link and was fascinated! I found it interesting and gained a new higher level of respect for figure skaters. 

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On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Stuart Chale via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> More like watching the older compulsory figures from figure skating. The part that was not even telecast except to show it happened :)  Face it even at a contest, except to watch the better flyers to see how it should be done, or your competitors, even we don't watch most of the flights unless judging and I have seen some judges zone out as well :)
> 
> Yup this is fun to watch.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJDOxzANY1s
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> On 9/19/2016 10:31 AM, Ed Alt via NSRCA-discussion wrote:
>> I was speaking in terms of how exciting it is to watch, not the "performance" itself.  Figure skating is closer to IMAC freestyle.
>> 
>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I disagree, it's the equivalent of figure skating
>>> 
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>>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 7:19 AM -0700, "Ed Alt via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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>>>> The thing is, from a spectator POV, Pattern is the model aviation equivalent to Olympic Curling.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Paul Lukas via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
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>>>>> Has anyone seen the Red Bull air racing series?  Maybe we should get that type of coverage and technology for the Nats?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Paul L.
>>>>> 
>>>>> "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."
>>>>>       -Mark Twain
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:46:08 +0000
>>>>> To: scmcharg at gmail.com; nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Competition
>>>>> From: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've said for a while what we need is a professionally produced 'demo video' showing pattern flying with expert and color commentary just like Olympic gymnastics and ice skating gets...
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>>>>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 11:32 AM -0700, "Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regarding what we're up against, I'm sitting here watching ESPN. On this channel, they are broadcasting the DRL Drone Racing series and US Nationals in New York. It's an hour show on ESPN and the crowd is amazing. Unfortunately, the draw of this is where our youngsters are looking and going. There's RC modelers doing the commentary.  If we want to compete with this draw, we definitely need to look "outside the box". 
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>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Scott A. McHarg
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