Paul,
You hit the nail on the head with your descriptin of a New-Bee's
introduction to Soaring. I started 3 months ago and all 4 of your
points are so true.
I like Number 2.
Electric Foamie... I have an Easy Star.
Throttle... Crash.... Throttle Crash Harder....
Fly in 20 Mph winds....Crash Much Harder.
Buy Easy Star Number 2.
Fly stright into ground and Crash Harder.
CA Fuse back together and "LOOK Dude, I can Hover!"
And Number 4 is so Classic.
I goto Club Field
I watch and drool over Carbon Fiber wonder ships.
I find out Price.
I sell my new 2006 Dodge Ram Truck with a Hemi
And order Pike Perfect.
Don
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Paul Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>So the question is, what happened to the interest in RC Soaring.
????????
>
> Bottom line: The interest in RC soaring has been replaced by the
> instant gratification of the electric park flyer.
>
> Things impeding the interest in Soaring:
> 1) Need a big field close to home (urban sprawl has eliminated safe
> soaring here, I drive 80 miles to fly in peace)
> 2) Soaring learning curve is higher, takes longer (Electric foamie
> learning curve: throttle up, crash; throttle up, crash; throttle up,
> crash; throttle up, crash; throttle up, LOOK DUDE I can hover!)
> 3) Expense: If you develop a real interest in Soaring, the expenses
> soon start to add up: Good plane, good TX, good servos = $1500 and up.
> Plus you gotta launch it somehow.
> 4) Intimidation. New guy sees pilots that are soaring $2k worth of
> carbon fiber, expresses an interest, and they point him to a 2M balsa
> kit. "That's how we all started."
>
> Those who truly love soaring will stick with it. The rest will be
> shooting us down with their slo-sticks from their backyards.
>
> And as for all the CL articles in the AMA mag: I have been an RC
> observer/participant most of my life and I have never ever seen a CL
> model in the air or on the ground. Imagine my surprise when cracking
> open the mag and seeing 3 or 4 different varieties of the mysterious
> CL.
>
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