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You've gotta love this guy! This is "ENTERTAINMENT" guys. I can always
count on Gray to make me read and chuckle, and chuckle, and chuckle. There
have been others who achieved the same result and makes my day a little
brighter.
<BR>I'm so glad that Dave originated this thread. I love you guys !!!!
What fun!!!
<BR>Georgie
<P>Gray E Fowler wrote:
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<BR><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>When I started Ed Hurt was flying
Masters at age 75......He told me alot but NEVER told me that turnaround
sucked........</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>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.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>Gray Fowler</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>Principal Chemical Engineer</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=-1>Composites Engineering</FONT></FONT>
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