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<DIV>Well said Chris!!! I especially like the part on recruiting...
that's right on the money</DIV>
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<DIV>Rex</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:chris@ssd.fsi.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 05, 2007 6:08
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Small
Models ..(story time)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>World class pilots of their time (eg: Jim Kirkland, Rhett
Miller III)<BR>won against larger aircraft in Nats competition. I've seen
Bill<BR>Cunningham fly a 1/4 scale J3 cub in such a way that he could beat
some<BR>competitors with purpose built airplanes...but that's super talent
and<BR>years of practice and an eye for the "picture". I've had really
good 40<BR>sized airplanes when 60 size were being used, flown 90 sized
and<BR>compared them to 2meter birds. Every larger bird has flown better
in<BR>wind than its smaller brethren...nothing but nothing! Flies like a
2m<BR>bird in pattern competition. (And in Masters...you'd better be
flying<BR>something that weighs close to 10lbs and can slow on
those<BR>downlines....and you'd better have the time to practice a lot if
you<BR>want to win!:) <BR><BR>Everyone has to question their
motives...intentions (especially newbies)<BR>Are you flying to win?....do your
personal best?....to improve your<BR>flying?....or just to participate?
(Any of these reasons are okay!)<BR>But if you're really flying to win...
Number one, you're going to<BR>practice a lot, practice right, and fly a
competitive airplane. (Which<BR>means you are going to invest
wisely.)<BR><BR>Recruiting?<BR>I've tried to get aerobatics started at the
fun-fly level by having a<BR>mini-imac sort of class....only so many people
want to fly<BR>aerobatics....and compete. However as a result of
that effort, we have<BR>one more pattern flyer added to the ranks who has made
serious<BR>commitment and investments and made about 7-8 contests per season
for<BR>the last 2-3 years. Recruiting is what I think its all about
when<BR>adding to the ranks...sell your old stuff cheap to newbies..pass it
all<BR>forward.<BR><BR>My 2 cents...<BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original
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On Behalf Of Del K.<BR>Rykert<BR>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:42 AM<BR>To:
NSRCA Mailing List<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Small Models ..(story
time)<BR><BR>Size matters allot. I will quit before playing that game
again. When I<BR>went <BR>to the nats with a 60 sized Super Nova and winds
were calm I earned a<BR>7th in <BR>one round. When it blew I was in 26th
place. Many told me I could still <BR>compete and be competitive with a 60
sized plane. Wish I had kept a<BR>record <BR>of all the people who claimed
that. More than the people selling their<BR>old <BR>60 size stuff for sure.
Unless the playing field is kept even their will<BR><BR>always be a
dis-advantage.<BR> Del<BR><BR>----- Original Message
----- <BR>From: "Mike Hester" <<A title=mailto:kerlock@comcast.net
href="mailto:kerlock@comcast.net">kerlock@comcast.net</A>><BR>To: "NSRCA
Mailing List" <<A title=mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>Sent:
Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:21 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Small
Models ..(story time)<BR><BR><BR>> Good stuff guys!<BR>><BR>> Well
here's a little story for ya.<BR>><BR>> I was in such a hurry when I
went to the Huntsville contest last year,<BR>I<BR>> forgot my wings. How
the heck does that happen? I guess I have to<BR>chalk it<BR>> up to brain
overload. Anyway, there I stood, hundreds of miles from<BR>home<BR>> with a
fuselage and no wings. Some of those manuevers can be a little<BR>>
difficult without wings....<BR>><BR>> Well you know how it goes,
everyone and thier brother offered to let<BR>me <BR>> fly<BR>> thier
planes (2 meter planes). I learned the hard way not to fly other<BR>>
people's planes, but when Don Peck offered to let me fly his<BR>Excelleron,
<BR>> it<BR>> was an interesting proposition that peaked my interest. I
wasn't going<BR>to<BR>> win, so why not? It would be fun, and if anything
hapened to that<BR>plane, I<BR>> knew I could replace it on the spot. I
told Don if anything happened<BR>I'd <BR>> buy<BR>> and build him one
fast. But the thought of competing in a strong<BR>advanced<BR>> class with
the Excelleron really sounded like fun to me.<BR>><BR>> I put in one
practice flight, and said "good enough". It had a ton of<BR>expo<BR>> in
it, and that was fine with me. Bryan Kennedy set it up and he
did<BR>an<BR>> excellent job. Nothing felt wierd or strange until I got way
over on<BR>the<BR>> sticks, then it jumped. No problem
though.<BR>><BR>> It was relatively calm, so off we went.....I did about
like I figured<BR>the<BR>> first round. But then to my suprise, I won the
second round! And this<BR>was<BR>> against Erik "Dragonslayer" Newsolme,
the D3 champ! That was so cool.<BR>I <BR>> was<BR>> having a lot of fun,
and it was challenging, but then I managed to win<BR>> another round! I
admit I was well practiced at that time of year, and <BR>> there<BR>>
really wasn't much wind, but to my own credit I was making it look<BR>like a
<BR>> 2<BR>> meter. Smooth, clean and precise. It's some of the most fun
I've had <BR>> flying<BR>> pattern!<BR>><BR>> Well, the wind came
and that was the end of that. Trying to keep the<BR>plane<BR>> on heading
was taking too much throw, and then it got over into the <BR>>
"banzai"<BR>> expo curve. So, I couldn't make a contest of it. But the cool
thing<BR>was,<BR>> Erik was flying better than anyone had ever seen him
fly, and I was<BR>able <BR>> to<BR>> keep up with him in the calm air. I
did get second though =) But make<BR>no<BR>> mistake, SIZE
MATTERS!!!!!<BR>><BR>> So just to restate the obvious, you CAN do ok
with a smaller plane,<BR>but <BR>> you<BR>> have to work at it harder
and when the wind comes, the laws of physics<BR>and<BR>> aerdynamics are
against you. Who knows, maybe if I had a plane of that<BR><BR>>
size<BR>> that was set up by me and for me, and knew what it would do, I
could<BR>have<BR>> done even better. But honestly, I just don't think you
can win in a<BR>game <BR>> of<BR>> 1/2 points at that level of
competition against 2 meter planes.<BR>><BR>> Sportsman guys who are
serious are going to get the best they can,<BR>that's<BR>> human nature.
You can't change that, and probably shouldn't. You know<BR>as<BR>> well as
I do that in sportsman it's possible....you just have to work<BR>at <BR>>
it<BR>> harder. It might make you a better pilot though!<BR>><BR>>
-Mike<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>>
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