Bill and Mike, you guys are both correct in your statements, In Phoenix there was only 15 contestants, I was packed up an ready to go.
But the bad weather was not looking good, and a 650 mile round trip to fly 2 rounds, is just not going to work for me.In Yuma we had
5 contestants, 2 advanced and 3 masters. The next contest is Victorville, an I'm hoping for a good turn, for the CD and club. It will be
there 1st pattern contest, so we need the Dist support.Myself and Bill belong to the same cub Pardo, with over 400 club member and
2 flying site, the IMAC contest that we had drew in over 60 contestants, a largest in the U.S. for IMAC in 2010. An speedracer has a point
the cost of a 2x2 pattern plane is just crazy, $2000-5000 for a airframe, I would never pay that cost, I can buy a 40% IMAC for the same
cost ready to fly, with engine, servos and in some cases a radio. We need to do something, to get better turn out at our contest.