>>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Bottom line: The interest in RC soaring has been replaced by the instant gratification of the electric park flyer.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. On 3/2/06, Ray Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > A. Realty is in the numbers. > > B. Model Aviation WAS chuck full of sailplane contest reports, ADVERTISMENT > from vendors and mfg, but that was yesterday................ > > C. So the question is, what happened to the interest in RC Soaring. ???????? > > To me, this questions is what should be discussed and hopefully lead to: > > "what can we do to promote RC Soaring". > > Ray Hayes > http://www.skybench.com > Home of Wood Crafters > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill's Email" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Bill Swingle" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "soaring" < soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:00 AM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Control Line??? > > > > > > > > Bill Swingle wrote: > > > I am curious. Does control line truly have a big enough following to > > > justify all the press it does get? > > > > > > I'm doubtful. > > > > Here's some numbers: > > > > 2005 NATS attendance: > > > > RC Total = 433 > > > > Soaring = 151 > > > > Control Line = 223 > > > > Free Flight = 348 > > > > Makes you wonder why the Free Flight guys are not screaming?? > > > > > > > > > Personally I consider it so basic and elementary that it's boring. Why > > > do people fiddle about with it? Of course I feel the same about glow > > > power as well. :-) > > > > Everyone thinks that the other guy's hobby/interest is lame. You should > > hear what my power friends say about gliders. What the heli guys say > > about plankers, what the TD guys say about slopers, and on, and on, and > > on, and on, and on, and on............................... > > > > > > There was also no heli column or scale aerobatics column this issue. I > > have not seen them yelling, yet!!! > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > 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
