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<DIV><SPAN class=213545816-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Gray,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=213545816-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
never saw my '90/'91 season Stand-off Mustang?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=213545816-28022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Gray E
Fowler<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:48 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Cost-participation-or some
such stuff<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I have never
flown non turnaround pattern. When I first got in to pattern I saw all the
comments flyin' around about how turnaround kills attendance. To this day I
cannot figure out why the older guys (which if you flew non turn around you
were either very young then or old now) wank so much about this change.
Perhaps the decline of pattern from its heyday has more to do with with other
RC interest than stinkin' turnaround changes. When I was young, we had 3 TV
channnels, and when MASH came on EVERYONE watched, unless Nixon was giving us
a speech, which was on all 3 channels, in that case we were all
screwed.....Would MASH be so popular today competing with 150 other channels,
INCLUDING "The Food Channel????!!!!!" I think not! Learn how to
make a quiche......or MASH. As you can see this is quite a quandary.</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I will say that when I first investigated
pattern and found out everyone had $550 engines instead of my $99 two stroke-I
was flabergasted. I still might be.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>To me turnaround is the coolest and not the problem.....when does this
argument end? I would guess in another 10 years, because at that time all that
flew NON turnaround will be dead or quit due to age.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>When I started Ed Hurt was flying Masters at age
75......He told me alot but NEVER told me that turnaround
sucked........</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Billion Dollar
Batteries, Electric gear motors, $650 engines and pristine "works of art"
scare the average sport flyer (by showing/thinking they cannot do that) much
more than turnaround......</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Scenario #56.....Sport flyer thinking about pattern......Lets see, No
problem with powerplants costing 5-15X of my OS.45, just won't feed the kids
for a week, 300 hours to build and paint a flying master piece, and of course
$2500 for that kit -semi arf deal, then I gotta learn turnaround too!!!! No
WAY.....Dealing with the French for the plane was bad enough, now I gotta
learn turnaound too????...I am out for sure......</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Now I am off in search of the perfect P-51
lookin'pattern plane.............I think that that bottom air scoop makes for
better Knife Edges, increases rudder authority, slows the plane down better,
increasing smoothness and gracefulness (thus increasing scores), makes snap
entrances better, AND better throttle response (far superior to ANY electric).
I conducted these tests myself, collected data so I know I am right. I cannot
believe that the rest of you have not seen the wisdom of a P-51 pattern plane.
No wonder you find turnaround so difficult.<BR><BR>Gray Fowler<BR>Principal
Chemical Engineer<BR>Composites Engineering</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>