If you don't think the Mantis is revolutionary, (and Tom K has won an awful lot of contests including being the first to have his name on all the trophies one person could at one time at Nats 2000)
It takes a lot more to both design and fly than it does to just fly. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tom Broeski'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'soaring'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:39 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Additions to the list of R/C Soaring Hall Of Fame'rs > The definition of the "Hall of Fame" requirements will have to be defined > before any real arguing could reasonably be done. > > So, using my OWN DEFINITION of the requirements I'll throw caution to the > wind and dive in now. I think you need to be: > - A superlative pilot or, > - Contribute something pivotal or revolutionary. > > Generally speaking I'd contest most manufacturers. > > What did these guys do that was that pivotal to soaring? > Tom Keisling > Mike Popescu > Micheal Volz > Larry Jolly > > I don't feel that a great plane or product is sufficient. Unless it opens a > new avenue in the hobby or can reasonably be considered revolutionary. So > far I don't think these folks have done that. Am I missing something? > > Sal DeFrancesco, I can sort of buy because he's gone beyond a simple > supplier/manufacturer/mail order retailer. But it's debatable. His > personality does make impartiality difficult. > > > Bill Swingle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Janesville, CA > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
