RE: My suggestion to increase pattern participation
GUYS
PATTERN HERE IN THE uK IS IN DECLINE THE SAME AS JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT IMAC SEEMS TO BE GROWING!
NOW AS AN EXPERIENCED BUT NONE COMPETTIVE PILOT I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DRIVE ME AS IM BORED WITH CHUCKING IT ABOUT ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
FIRST POINT TO MAKE IS MOST GO TO IMAC AS THE MODELS (artf) YOU CAN BUYT CLOSLY RESEMBLE THE BIGGER PETROL STUFF THAT THE TOP PILOTS ARE USING AND THERE IS A WIDE CHOICE OF AIRFRAMES,
I LIKE THE LOOK OF SMOOTH GRACEFULL FLYING SO ITS PATTERN FOR ME BUT LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID THE ENTRY LEVEL CLASS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A HIGH END MOTOR AND MODEL, THIS PUT MANY OFF PLUS THE FACT THAT IN THE UK YOU RARELY SEE PATTERN MODELS BEING PUSHED IN THE ADVERTS BUT CAPS AND EXTRAS THERES 100S OF THEM.
THE GENERAL THOUGHT WHEN I LOOKED AT HAVING A GO WAS TO BUY A USED MODEL THAT HAD BEEN FLOWN BEFORE TO GET A TASTE FOR IT BEFORE HAVING TO BUY A COMPETATIVE MODEL , THIS WAS QUITE WRONG BUT THE GENERAL PERCEPTION IS THAT THIS IS THE CASE.
THE QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASK IS WHY IS IMAC GROWING AT THE EXPENCE OF PATTERN?
I AM GOING TO HAVE A GO AT PATTERN AND THE GBAA ARE VERY HELPFUL BUT THE VIDEO OF THE SCHEDUALS WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN THE ARESTI DIAGRAMS
TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED , ADVERTISE THE CLASSES AND DO IT IN AN INVITING WAY
REGARDS
MAJOR