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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Great post Bill! I really like number one and
two.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adam Q</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NSRCA 3546</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=phelps15@comcast.net href="mailto:phelps15@comcast.net">Bill
Pritchett</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, July 29, 2003 9:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> newbies??</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have all endured the longest thread know to
mankind, and following that, what should we do? Here's my
thoughts:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. The "perception" of pattern
flyers is a result of pattern flyers going to the field with a purpose - to
practice. Properly handled, it's not an affront to sport flyers.
It's just that we don't want to just sit around and talk for a few hours while
maybe putting up a flight or two. They take this to mean that we don't
want to associate with them......ask one of them to call for you....even
though you don't need it.....they will have a better feel for what you are
trying to accomplish.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Most sport flyers would
welcome the opportunity to fly a precision aerobatic aircraft. Offer
it. Use a trainer cord. They will be amazed at how good the planes
fly, and that we aren't as good as we look sometimes!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Local clubs can get it all
going by having a Sunday afternoon aerobatic contest that uses very basic
maneuvers without turnarounds and without all the associated pressures of a
sanctioned contest. Cover the basics of lines, rolls, and loops.
Done in a relaxed manner, many members of the club might be intrigued to
pursue improvement.....practice....and look to develop the precision needed to
participate in a sanctioned event. Be sure to give out
trophies.......that might be the thing that gets someone going, and they are
so cheap. Maybe the NSRCA could put a format together and send to all
local clubs via the AMA??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. Immediately dispel the myth
of cost. Except for the well-worn trainer 40's, anyone flying model
airplanes have enough disposable income to participate, enjoy it, and not see
dollar signs flying by them at the field. If nothing else, point out the
number of flights we are getting in a season from our equipment.......really
cheap when you do the math.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. Invite people to a locally
sanctioned contest - maybe after a few afternoons of success at the local club
Sunday event, and seeing that we really have fun doing this, they will
want to try it. Be sure to point out that it's not necessary to have a
"pattern plane" to participate at the entry levels.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6. CD a contest in your
area. If this isn't going on, then the circle is broken. You have
to really be hooked to travel a few hundred miles, get a room, etc., etc.....
this simply isn't going to happen for a typical first contest for most
people. I think that this might be the single biggest thing holding
everything up.... I would like to see more contests with the typical turnout,
as opposed to a huge turnout at a few. Haven't we all come to expect six
rounds??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7. Continue to develop a system
that recognizes and rewards age in our sport. If indeed it's a sport,
it's sure the only one that doesn't! Our need for new flyers, however,
transcends this one element of the sport. People that talk about
"the kids" were kids themselves..... the industry in general really needs the
young folks, too. The ARF thing should help the kids so used to
immediate results - I always refer to our hobby as the "ultimate
video game".... kids really love that. Maybe there should be a reward
system for kids, too...??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>8. Have a companion that
supports your efforts. This is the one we can't do anything about for
other folks, but is probably this single most important of all.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lots of thoughts, very few answers, but a
continuation of a very worthwhile discussion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill
Pritchett<BR>765-744-9322</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>