I like your idea Mike! <br><br>Another trick is to create an event that's for fun like "Cub Day." In an active club, just about every member has a Piper Cub. A one-day Cub Fly can bring out a lot participants that want to have a blast just putting around. By organizing just a few low-key events as part of the day really made things special. My club (RAMAC) included a Best Static Cub, Best Kit Cub, and Best Scale Cub Flight award. The Best Scale Flight event was my hook to get more pilots familiar with the feeling of flying in front of judges. The pilots that showed promise were encouraged to become involved in scale flying, which of course is a form of precision RC flight. On their own they would build confidence enough that it would make traditional pattern flying seem more fun than force. <br>
<br>Michael...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:45 AM, astropuppy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:astropuppy@gmail.com">astropuppy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
As a two year newbie I'd like to say a couple things about growing pattern.<div><br></div><div>The best thing any of us can do for pattern is buy one of the many mini (48") pattern airplanes currently available and pass the transmitter around. It's the best way for people to understand how well pattern airplanes fly. Next, hold a local contest for small airplanes. No rule changes sanctions etc. just a friendly get together. The recipe is quite simple, affordable airplanes and local (affordable distance) contests. A pseudo pattern contest like I'm talking about could be held from one flight station without closing the others to sport flying.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In the past couple years I convinced two everyday sport flyers to buy Great Planes Sequences. Both have told me they will never be without a pattern airplane in their hanger. Will they ever buy a 2M airplane and go on the contest trail? Probably not; but most likely they will always have a soft spot for pattern airplanes. This all happened before our very own Jim Quinn convinced me to buy a little Osiris as a winter practice airplane. </div>
<div><br></div><div>In short, take pattern to local clubs and fly airplanes almost everybody can afford. There is no denying 2M airplanes fly great and represent the best in breed. In my opinion their place is for AMA sanctioned contests;</div>
<div>not recruiting others to join the pattern ranks.</div><div><br></div><div>Recruiting efforts needn't be as complex as our airplanes and flight sequences. We need to let our hair down a bit.</div><div><br></div><div>
Mike<br><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:53 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vicenterc@comcast.net" target="_blank">vicenterc@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Plus 1.<br>
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