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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Correction: sorry , addl 2 states, not
3</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ed_alt@hotmail.com href="mailto:ed_alt@hotmail.com">Ed Alt</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> Monday, July 25, 2005 6:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [SPAM] Re: Does Pattern
competition cost too much?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Re IMAC activity, in the NE, where they have an
additional 3 states as compared to D1 (they include DE, MD) plus a good chunk
of Canada, there were a total of 6 which have already passed by for
2005. Can't tell much about attendance, since only one of those CDs
filed a contest report that is on the IMAC website. It had 14 pilots
fly. Most likely, the attendance at the other contests averaged in the
low to mid-twenties at best, judging from past experience and past contest
reports, but it's a guess. As for the rest of the season, they have 6
more scheduled. Of these, I would expect around 30 or so at the 3 of
historically big contests left, maybe averaging in the mid-twenties for the
remainder of the season for all combined. So it's probbaly in the
mid-twenties range for the season with 12 contests.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now if you clip out the Canadian contests, it's
only 8 contests. Clip out DE and MD to construct a D1 overlay for
IMAC and you have only 4 contests and they are in Pennsylvania, Maine and
New Hampshire. Of these, you would expect a total of roughly 90 or so
participants, primarily at the two PA contests (they will draw about 60 of the
90 estimated).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now NSRCA D1 has 9 contests on the calendar
for 2005, 3 in the bag already, 6 to go. I didn't see contest reports
for the others, but mine had 33 pilots that flew. One other was
only a Sportsman/Intermediate primer with I think 9 or 10 pilots. It
might have been 14 pilots at Hamburg, but that was the week right before the
Nats. I know that's the reason that several of us couldn't go, including
myself. Two other upcoming contests will have less than all classes
(401-403 only). Personally, I think that hurts those contests because
they won't have the benefit of Masters pilots as judges for Advanced
flyers. Regardless, it looks to me that Pattern is very much alive and
well here in D1. Imagine what the turnout for the 50th annual AGS
contest will be! We've got 4 IMAC converts tp Pattern (partial or
full) since last season. Imagine what would happen if we learned the
ABC's of marketing ourselves even half as well as IMAC does it. That is
what they do best you know!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=pattern4u@comcast.net href="mailto:pattern4u@comcast.net">Grow
Pattern</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> Monday, July 25, 2005 5:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Does Pattern competition
cost too much?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know how many IMAC contests there
are relative to the same geo-area where pattern contests are
run?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joddino@socal.rr.com
href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com">J.Oddino</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> Monday, July 25, 2005 5:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Does Pattern competition
cost too much?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From time to time I hear folks suggesting the
reason the number of contestants is down is due to the high cost of
pattern planes and support equipment. Well I don't believe that is
the reason. This weekend I went to a relatively local IMAC contest
in Camarillo California and there were somthing like 61 preregistered and
56 actually flying. I'd guess 80% of the planes were 40% scale,
meaning they had $1500 engines and $3000 airframes and $1500 worth of
servos. Then you've got the motor homes and trucks and trailers to
transport them. I still say the highest cost of flying is the
driving to and from the field and that is probably why the park flyers are
so popular. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So what is the reason for the drop in
attendance and the drop in the number of pattern contests? Or is
that only in Southern California?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim
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