[RCSE] cost of r/c soaring-winning

[mike reagan]

While I enjoy flying my Supra it still comes down to skill and determination. My AVA was second only to Wurts and his Icon in our Sc2 yearly champs last year and has kicked many an unlimited butt. Cheaper? Ask Merrill Brady he got me with a twenty dollar plane. Thomas Akers started with a gentle lady he flew for years, placing in many Sc2 contests. later he earned money to build more high performance planes. Now he runs a large RPV company. I built all my planes that were flown at the worlds in 85. Any sport requires expense at the high end. R/C soaring can be enjoyed with very little cost, Gentle Lady or foamy and 3 channel radio. Wurts beat a lot of good flyers with a foamy at the Rose Bowl (not me) one year and placed in top ten at the Nats in Riverside with a plane who's fuselage was made from the cardboard box the kit came in. Most clubs have a club plane to teach on. No expence. The point is you don't have to spend a fortune to enjoy and win at R/C soaring. Mike Reagan ,Looking forward to the Masters