[RCSE] RE: Why not 2Meter?

[Howard Mark]

Title: Re: Why not 2Meter? Re: [RCSE] What's your favorite contest/gathering format?

Thanks Daryl,   I rest my case.   Seriously - to be competitive in 2M you have to have a decent airplane (there are notable exceptions but most of us aren't them). For MOST of us this special 2M plane costs a wad of money and is virtually NEVER flown except once a year at the NATS. The rest of the year it sits gathering dust while we fly our club contests with Icons, Sharons and a myriad of aircraft; each one infinitely better in performance and fun than any 2M. We fly HLG or aerotow or XC or electrics --anything except 2 meter.  Why is it that there are so few competitive 2 meter sailplanes being manufactured - at a time when there is a long waiting list for many unlimiteds? Nobody buys them!  2M will die eventually; for the same reasons as the standard class did. It is, after all the dunsel class.   Mark   From: Daryl Perkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 2/10/2005 6:46 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: Why not 2Meter? Re: [RCSE] What's your favorite contest/gathering format? I'm your current 2M National Champion. That's why I can say, "Because 2 Meters SUCK!" Only reason I fly 2M in Muncie, is because it's held in the middle of the week. What the heck else are ya gonna do in Muncie, IN. for 2 days? ;-) Mike S and I almost blew off 2M this year to take the Lancair to Oshkosh. Maybe next year.... ;-) D                 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News.  Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.  Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format ******************************************************************************** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. ********************************************************************************