Martin,
If I am not mistaken, they are on 27meg and AMA has had a lot of input in to
this. Also, I want the big boys to make some money so they can sell me the good stuff
at a lower cost. I think you are into an urban legend there.
Marc
--- Original Message ---
From: Martin Usher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:39:24 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] September is almost over and....you really want a new thread????
> >We have beat landings, Gordy, and a few other things to death this month
> (Danny Williams)
>
> Vendor Bashing is so passe...........anyway, there really aren't that many
> bad ones left these days. Gordy's useful in an emergency, but things aren't
> that quiet, we should leave him in reserve.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> I've got a good one -- Park Fliers.
>
> Or.......Subtitled -- "How greed and complacency ruined a hobby"
>
> Greed -- lets import and sell a bunch of cheap R/C aircraft, the sort that
> can be flown anywhere, even your backyard. They're good for business,
> profitable too. Frequency Control? That's not my problem, and anyway I don't
> want to frighten off a potential sale.
>
> Complacency (an AMA speciality, I believe) -- there's nothing out of the
> ordinary going on, its all under control, everyone's having fun and, anyway,
> aren't they all going to be joining the AMA......
>
> Ruin -- Nothing like having your plane shot down by someone flying a park
> flier a few streets away to ruin your day. (That's actually one reason why I
> don't fly an Icon.........its bad enough having $200's worth of plane come
> down, $2000 is a little rich. Those planes also have the potential to land
> on people.....70ozs of molded plane can kill, 30ozs of softer material is
> less likely to do so.)
>
> Gripes? Flames? (Solutions??)
>
> Martin Usher
>
> [BTW -- I had an North East Omega come down.......that's one very strong
> plane, it will fly again. Its also cheap enough to junk and get a new one. I
> stopped flying larger (and more expensive) stuff some time back.......too
> risky.]
>
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