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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is sad but simple marketing. I can't buy
what I used to buy at Wal-Mart because there were not enough people like me
buying that object</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Park flyers presently probably outnumber pattern in
the order of 1000+ to 1.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have x number of pages. Who gets
them? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are lucky to see an article every second month
on the basis of numbers we have more pages per plane than we
deserve.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kerlock@attbi.com href="mailto:kerlock@attbi.com">Mike Hester</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weight Limit-really
marketing/popularity/etc</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HAHAHAHA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Damn Gray I'm about to fall over!!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find it sick that MA is cutting the pattern
column to bi monthly because *ahem* "nobody is interested". Well DUH!!! 100
pages of nothing but park fliers and junk ARFs and useless reviews of said
junk. Please. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When's the last time you saw a pattern plane on
the cover of MA? I'm thinking....I honestly can't remember. I bet half the
people see that Andy jesky ad and say "whut kinda plane izzat? Does it 3 dee?
Don't luk like no edge..."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also find it amusing that in the latest MA,
they are talking about an online magazie and they are going to push guess
what? The new exhilirating rage of R/C....PARK FLIERS!!! Gosh, I just can't
contain myself. I mean, they're ok, they're cute, nothing against them, but
they are cutting pattern out of the picture and replacing it with a serious
push towards PARK FLIERS???? Does this mean the AMA is sick of trying to help
us keep fields and wants everyone to just start flying in the back
yard????</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And here I thought the AMA pres was an ex-pattern
pilot, and a pretty darned good one in his day. Did someone drop something on
his head? Has Dave Brown gone completely insane? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok that was my rant for the year. Mild, but
necessary. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Mike Hester</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gfowler@raytheon.com href="mailto:gfowler@raytheon.com">Gray E
Fowler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Weight Limit-really
marketing/popularity/etc</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Like Buddy mentioned its the
magazines, not some concerted effort by IMAC to market sportsman. I do not
believe I have ever seen anything from IMAC, but every model mag has either
a scale warbird OR a scale .40 IMAC plane on the cover. Real IMAC planes are
ONLY shown on covers of anything in the hover position, and we all know how
important that is(speaking of that , perhaps someone should mention to the
self proclaimed #1 pattern supply place that perhaps a new photo would be in
order to appease us-my personal choice would be of an Aries).</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Perhaps a Pattern marketing effort could
help, but "IMAC style" became popular because the magazines are all in a
vicious butt sniffing mode to get out the latest reveiw of the NEW 60 sized
IMAC type ARF-gotta be an ARF or no one will buy it right? Why this frenzy I
have no idea, but it is not IMAC marketing (unless there is some serious
under the table stuff-but I honestly think if anyone is paying money its
gotta be the Chinese).</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>PS-what
the RC world really needs the mags to do is give us one more review on the
NEW .40 P-51 ARF, complete with genuine imitation exhaust stacks for more
realistic runway fly-bys. Report on how the first take -off was...did it
pull right and require left rudder-I gotta know.....</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Just an opinion<BR><BR><BR>Gray
Fowler<BR>Principal Chemical Engineer<BR>Composites
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