ORIGINAL: David Bathe
ORIGINAL: jim woodward
I think it is kind of sad how the fuel and engine manufacturers that have supported our hobby and specifically pattern
Jim W.
Well, we have also supported the business.
At the top of any sport, there is very little loyalty... people want the best and will go to anyone that supplies.
YS have a far greater problem than OS IMO.
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Any business is in business to make money...When that ceases to be possible, the business fails.
As per Jim's note, the main thing I have been concerned about is the available options to all of us diehards, dwindling. Electric is great...no questions about that. BUT there are many world-wide that don't care about it and want glow or gasoline (not talking strictly pattern here). I can only hope that YS, OS continue to build the IC products that got us here and that many (in non-pattern land) still want.
I just don't see their involvement in Pattern long term, without paradigm shift changes to their business models. That means all the innovation that has pulled more and more HP from a small number of cubes, will probably cease. We'll have to wait and see how serious OS really is in their apparent dabble in electric. And definitely have to wait to see IF it becomes a paradigm shift....