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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I understand. Good luck! Bill</FONT></DIV>
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<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=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 5:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs
Pattern Participation? Doesthe DogHunt on points made?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Bill:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whatever it is, I think I can take it now.
It used to just make my head hurt because of the complete lack of logic behind
it, but it doesn't matter anymore. Hey, I bought some new batteries for
my 40% Extra and will probably get it off the ground a few times this
year! We'll see if I can remember what the heck to do with it after two
years. I hate to see it do nothing but sit all the time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=billglaze@triad.rr.com href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com">Bill
Glaze</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 4:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs
Pattern Participation? Doesthe DogHunt on points made?</DIV>
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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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<A title=ed_alt@hotmail.com href="mailto:ed_alt@hotmail.com">Ed Alt</A>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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>
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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">Reading the
comments here brings the following to my
attention.</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">Loud "ballistic
missile" pattern = Huge popularity.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></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">Quite graceful
pattern flying 150 m away = Boring.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></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">Huge Loud IMAC
planes flying 3D = Huge popularity.</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"> </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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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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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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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>
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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">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>
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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">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>
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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">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>
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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>
<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>
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<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
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><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">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>
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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">! 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>
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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">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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<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">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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">
<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>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in">
<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>
<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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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">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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