<<YES, let's bring it back to life!!! With the winner having to take a ride in Daryl's plane for a fly-by!!! >>
I could quite possibly be persuaded to give the winner a ride in the Lancair or the 421 - whichever toy I happen to have with me on the given weekend. Of course... I get to ride in them all the time... ;-) Contest participation does seem to be on the decline on the West Coast the past few years. (I don't know about the rest of the country) I wonder what the reasons are. I know my motivation to attend contests is down. I used to hit at least 2-3/month when I was a So Cal guy - SWSA, PSS, and then the SCSC. I'm not necessarily trying to stir up the old format question - but I wonder if format isn't the reason. The tasks don't seem to be terribly challenging. Same ol', same ol', same ol'..... Or are people's interests just going in different directions? Maybe we're just sick of pounding our models into the ground? Battery and electric technology have come pretty far - Watching Paul Anderson fly his 4.5 ounce 3D electric is pretty cool. I want to learn to do that. Or the large scale ships and the draw of aerotow. Skill levels seem to be on the decline as well. Our models have gotten so much better and efficient - easier to make times, and easier to land. We should all be scoring better. I know I'm not scoring as well now as I used to - no practice. Whatever the reasons, it is a shame. What are we missing? D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
