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<p class="MsoNormal">AMA refuses to acknowledge and work with many drone technologies, particularly with FPV flying. None of the pilots I fly with are AMA members and I don’t have any good reasons to push them that way. As long as they keep this mentality,
they will become more irrelevant every year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NSRCA-dist7 [mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon Bruml via NSRCA-dist7<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 15, 2017 1:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Olstinske Dale <sanjosedale@gmail.com>; Daniel Lipton <dlipton@me.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT <nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Contest attendance..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AMA membership could be driven by drones??<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jonathan Bruml<br>
Techstyles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> NSRCA-dist7 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>> on behalf of Olstinske Dale via NSRCA-dist7 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:59:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Daniel Lipton<br>
<b>Cc:</b> CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-dist7] Contest attendance..</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't think that's the case, even lower class guys are flying 135 in. planes with 170-200 engines. Then you need a trailer to haul it!<br>
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On Sep 14, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Daniel Lipton <<a href="mailto:dlipton@me.com">dlipton@me.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Interesting though, I don't think IMAC isn't seeing the drop in attendance that pattern is. Not sure why.<o:p></o:p></p>
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I think the cost of entry to imac equipment wise is <b>perceived</b> to be lower. Whether that’s it or not, I don’t know.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was talking with Larry Tougas about this. He said AMA membership is NOT down. That is surprising to me. Over the past few years, I have belonged to 5 different clubs. None of them has any younger people joining the hobby. So simply by
attrition, I assume that RC as a hobby is declining, which says the same for pattern. Interesting though, I don't think IMAC isn't seeing the drop in attendance that pattern is. Not sure why.<br>
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On Sep 14, 2017, at 11:26 AM, atwooddon--- via NSRCA-dist7 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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As a D7 pattern flyer who has not been flying this year, a couple thoughts. <br>
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My reasons are simple. I usually take a break from pattern flying every 7-8 years. Just get kinda burned out and a year off rekindles the 'bug'. So, in my case it's purely coincidental.<br>
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Comments I have heard from others have to do with time restraints particularly with travel, expense of travel, family commitments, etc. These have been heard for several years now.<br>
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I believe there is a kind of 'cycle' pattern goes through. An ebb and flow of interest for existing pattern pilots. I have no data to support this, just observation thru the years.<br>
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Other causes of declining participation, a couple simple reasons. Number 1 Older flyers are not getting replaced by new pattern pilots. Not a new situation but it has become more pronounced as other forms of competition or even sport flying become popular.
Helicopters, quads (racing), etc. <br>
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These forms of flying are easier to find a place to fly (legal or not), They are more exciting to do, easier to get into (and out of) with less expense, don't require significant transportation commitments from parents for the younger pilots. And neither 'appear'
to require up front commitment to significant amounts of time practicing. Yes, both those examples require time to be competitive but initially they don't appear to require as much time commitment to a new participant. None of this new information but cumulatively
it has an impact on participation in pattern.<br>
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From: Daniel Lipton via NSRCA-dist7 <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
To: CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT, HI, NV, UT <<a href="mailto:nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-dist7@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recently a fellow member raised to me the issue of diminishing contest attendance. I decided to take a look at the data (based on
<a href="http://www.patternscoring.com/" target="_blank">www.patternscoring.com</a>), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">choosing the April contest at Bear Mountain fliers, as that is a popular destination for the district.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017: 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016: 37<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And Another popular D7 contest is the Orange country event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017: 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016: 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017: 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016: 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If anybody has any thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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