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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ed:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll tell you of the latest iteration/interpretation when
I get back from Florida. I'm sure it will be interesting. It is
amazing and a little more than baffling to me that, with the loudest airplanes
in modeling, there is somewhere between little or no effort to control the noise
footprint.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bill Glaze</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ed_alt@hotmail.com href="mailto:ed_alt@hotmail.com">Ed Alt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=randy10926@comtekmail.com
href="mailto:randy10926@comtekmail.com">randy10926@comtekmail.com</A> ; <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs
Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on points made?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For all practical purposes, Scale Aerobatics has
no box anymore. It exists as an abstract concept on a piece of paper in
that it has a defined height, width and depth, but since they eliminated the
75 degree markers, there is nothing left to measure it against.
Additionally, they eliminated the concept of zones, so you are free to place
things where it seems good to place them, i.e., a figure that would appear to
be meant for the center of the box doesn't have to be flown directly in front
of you. Your choice of placement has some kind of connection to the
so-called Presentation Score as it was originally 'defined'. There
are no deductions for centering inaccuracy. Once you enter the box, you
still need to get figures in the correct order and direction, though cross box
figures leave direction (in or out) to the discretion of the pilot.
Currently, there may or may not be enforcement of a pure impressionist
extra figure known as the Presentation Score. It passed as a rule, then
everyone was instructed by the IMAC BOD not to follow the AMA rule they pushed
through. I heard rumblings that maybe they are going to allow or
encourage CDs to follow that rule again. Not sure, I don't really track
what they do very closely anymore.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=randy10926@comtekmail.com
href="mailto:randy10926@comtekmail.com">Glenn Hatfield</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs
Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on points made?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=2><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You can fly low slow and close in if you
desire. The box that you fly in is smaller for pattern than
IMAC. You get too close in and the box gets really small.
The box is about the right size for a 2 meter at 150 to 170 Meters parallel
to the flight line. You might be able to fly a 50 sized at 125 to 150
meters. At least I do.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"
size=2>Randy<BR> <BR>--- "Jay Marshall" <lightfoot@sc.rr.com>
wrote:<BR> <BR><B>From:</B> "Jay Marshall"
<lightfoot@sc.rr.com><BR><B>Date:</B> Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:51:24
-0500<BR><B>To:</B> "'NSRCA Mailing List'"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on points
made?<BR><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m new and saw my
first contests last year. My first impression was “Why do they fly so high?”
Then I wondered what would happen if I flew low, slow and close in with
<SPAN class=GramE>a</SPAN> Oxalys 50? <SPAN class=GramE>Still
wondering.</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>mike mueller<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:14
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NSRCA Mailing
List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on points
made?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> You know what, Keith is right. We
have a really good flyer that comes to one of our contests about once a
year. He flys his whole sequence right off the deck like a bat out of hell.
He's really good and can pull it off. The deal excites everyone. It's a
blast to watch. <BR><BR><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Keith Black
<tkeithb@comcast.net></SPAN></I></B> wrote:
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reading the comments here brings
the following to my attention.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Loud "ballistic missile" pattern
= Huge popularity.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Quite graceful pattern flying
150 m away = Boring.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Huge Loud IMAC planes flying 3D
= Huge popularity.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </D! IV>
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I bet if we add an "Extreme
Pattern" class where we do high slow rolls and snaps ten feed off the deck
right over the runway we'd become much more popular again.
;-)</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Keith
Black</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com" target=_blank>Bob
Richards</A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>NSRCA Mailing
List</A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Thursday, Ma! rch 02, 2006 8:55 AM<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on
points made?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Larry,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Good
points.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A little history, as best as I can
remember it. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At one time, Pattern was the top of
the heap. I remember the first RC Modeler magazine I bought (circa 1972)
had coverage of the Masters competition. RC Modeler carried coverage of
the large pattern contests back then. At some point (I don't remember
when, exactly) RCM (aka Don Dewey) became ticked off at the AMA because
AMA chose to publish their own magazine. This happened when American
Aircraft Modeler magazine went out of business, they had been publishing
the AMA News in the back of their magazine. It seemed to me that RCM no
longer covered pattern events after that. There was a big push by RCM to
promote the "Sport Flyers Associat! ion", anything AMA sanctioned was left
out. (This was my observation).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Along came the TOC, which actually
started out with pattern models. Again, t! here was coverage. But, then
the TOC went the scale aerobatics route (and extra points for biplanes,
and extra points for mammoth planes -- the rest is
history).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Pattern is no longer the premiere
event that it used to be. I think it all goes back to the WOW factor.
There also seemed to be a period where pattern flyers were looked down
upon, usually labeled "snobs". Thank goodnes that does not seem to be the
case anymore.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I think the change from loud,
ballistic missle type flying to the turnaround style now has changed the
general modeling perception, although it took several years for the
general modeling public to recognize the change.
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">However, the turnaround format seems
to have had both a positive and negati! ve effect. The general modeling
public respects pattern more as a result, but it also SEEMS to be a
barrier for new participants. Again, this is just my
opinion.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </D! iv>
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Bob
R.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Lisa & Larry
<lld613@psci.net></SPAN></I></B>
wrote:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Eric Henderson
wrote****</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> If we knew why we could
probably fix it.<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">
****<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From my
viewpoint trying to get into pattern around 1999 was a major
challenge.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV al>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was first
introduced to Pattern in <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on">Southern
California</ST1:PLACE> in 1985 when I went to watch a contest. It took
another 15 years to have the time and money to do it. For me lack of
time was because of my service in the US Navy. Difficult to fly when
your out at sea and they don’t fit too well in a locker on the
ship…vbg<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><! FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">! It took me
from 1999 to 2002 to find somebody that new what pattern was. Everyone
new IMAC and could point me to a pilot that competed, but not
Pattern.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What does this
mean? Either I’m not a very smart cookie or Pattern is a very well kept
secret (not much has changed since 1999). So how is it that a person
that new pattern existed took the better part of 4 years to finally talk
to someone that could help get
started?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-S: 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Over the last
seven years we watched IMAC ARF’s take off and sell like hot cakes, only
in the last couple years have we seen Pattern ARF’s on the
market.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I went to an RC
Airshow north of <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><ST1:CITY
u1:st="on">Bloomington</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE
u1:st="on">IN</ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE> around the spring of 2002. I
watched a pilot fly an Extra for an! IMAC Sportsman Class Demo. I
approached him and asked him about Pattern and how to get started. His
response was clear, “Why would you want to fly a toy model plane when
you can fly a model of a real plane and do the same thing!” Aside from
an instant turn off from IMAC, it ! set the tone of perception between
IMAC and Pattern. I will most likely start competing in IMAC this year
as well as pattern. Mostly because there are more IMAC contests in a 5
hour drive than there are pattern from where I’m
located.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you compare
IMAC and Pattern I don’t think the dog hunts in most of the arguments
I’ve seen posted in the last few years as they reappear from time to
time. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IMAC and
Pattern planes compare in cost. (That dog won’t hunt on this
point)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-li: Ignore"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2)</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: navy">
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IMAC and
Pattern take the same ! amount of practice time to be competitive in a
given class. (That dog won’t hunt on this
point)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IMAC and
Pattern meets are relatively the same driving distance for most. (That
dog won’t hunt! on this point)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I
can find more IMAC contests than Pattern contests (Dog might be tracking
something on this one)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sport pilots
know more about IMAC than they do pattern, this is speculative but I
believe it’s the case. (Dog might be tracking something on this
one)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We need to do a
better job marketing Pattern. I think that IMAC has done great in this
area. The TOC helped IMAC grow and get the word out through coverage of
a big event. I think we can see a decline in IMAC since the last TOC. I
have not seen or heard of a big contest that gets the publicity that the
TOC received. Even the FAI World Pattern contest is not covered! as well
as the TOC was.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How do you guys
view these points?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Larry
Diamond<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NSRCA
3083<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PS…What Eric
does for Pattern in his reporting to magazines is probably one of the
key factors that he! lps pattern stay afloat. Thanks
Eric….<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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