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<DIV>Well put, Phil. Plus, the fact that these smaller pattern arf's are
selling like they are tells us SOMETHING. People LOVE the way these
airplanes fly. They permit the pilot to become more proficient. They
don't make a person "compete". But they do generate interest.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Then the guy goes to an event - watches, observes, asks questions -
BANG. The perception he carries away is that his really nice pattern ARF
that flies so wonderfully just would be out of place.</DIV>
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<DIV>It doesn't matter what the rules state; this is a perception issue,
and has to be addressed by those of us who DO this thing.</DIV>
<DIV> Ya'll look for me to seriously compete in Masters in '05
with the 90 Excelleron.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Bob Pastorello<BR>NSRCA 199 AMA 46373<BR><A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:34
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Growing Pattern</DIV>
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<DIV>My 2 cents.</DIV>
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<DIV>To grow pattern there has to be competitive low cost entry level
planes. You can argue all you want about it's all about the flyer
not the plane, but it won't rectify the reality or perception that a 2 M
plane designed for pattern flies better than a 40 size that
isn't. </DIV>
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<DIV>Some of the lower cost ARF's coming to market such as the
Swallow 90, Excelleron, Arresti III will be
a help. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also suspect that a set of free plans to an entry
level plane (90 or 120 sized) designed to be easy to
build that could be downloaded would be a big plus as
well. Something along the lines of the Kaos's or Boxer series from
years back, but brought up to today's aerodynamics, style and
designed for fewer parts and simple scratch build
techniques. </DIV>
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<DIV>The open source community has shown that the "build it and they
will come" method works and gains steam as time goes on. A set of
CAD drawings available from the NSRCA web site might do the same.</DIV>
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<DIV>In my club there is a retired flyer that flies the sportsman
pattern with a profile fun fly very, very well. He flies it
routinely, would be very competitive, but he won't enter and compete
with that plane. </DIV>
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