<DIV>Well Said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and DITTO</DIV>
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<DIV>ed<BR><BR><B><I>Archie Stafford <rcpattern@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">What is the desire to make pattern easier. Seems like every proposal is to<BR>make the planes easier to build to meet the rules, or changing the patterns<BR>because they are hard. I got into pattern because of the challenge. I<BR>would much rather fly a very difficult schedule and have to go practice<BR>often than to fly an easy schedule that everyone can do well. The challenge<BR>should never be who you are flying against, but to be able to go practice on<BR>your own and see the results. Contests are great, but I love pattern<BR>because I know that everytime I go fly that I am NOT going to fly the<BR>perfect flight. The challenge is to go out and put in that much better<BR>flight than I did before. <BR><BR>We as a SIG are never going to attract everyone at the field. It takes a<BR>certain personality type to be interested in pattern. I don't think the<BR>solution is to water down
pattern to where everyone wants to try it, but at<BR>the cost of eliminating a lot of the challenges. Once again I think we need<BR>to put the emphasis on getting people to try it. Yes, we will lose a great<BR>number of those people to lack of time, interest, money or whatever, but if<BR>each district just picks up 5 or 6 people a year, it will keep pattern<BR>healthy. I have no problem being lenient with rules in Sportsman, but as I<BR>think Chris Moon said, we don't need to sacrifice the other classes. There<BR>are good cheaper alternatives with airframes (Aresti, Focus, or even older<BR>designs that others are selling), motors, and radios. <BR><BR>I think we need to concentrate on getting more people to try it, all the<BR>while knowing that we are not going to keep everyone. <BR><BR>Just my two cents...<BR><BR>Arch<BR><BR><BR><BR>=================================================<BR>To access the email archives for this list, go
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