I'm new at this and I respect the OP's and others input, and take what I say with grains of salt since I haven't been around long...but, I don't like the idea of a shorter or easier intro class.

I started flying Sportsman last year. Personally, if an intro class would have been available a couple of years ago, it may have been a turn-off to me. I was motivated such that anything less than 401 I probably would have considered too easy.

To add another lower class splits the sportsman pool. It's hard enough to have guys to fly against half the time as it is. Also, I think the way it's set up now, is that if you're going to do it, you have got to commit. That is because we rely on participant judging. Adding a lower class would increase the workload on the judges.

Look, making an RC plan fly in a straight line is plain hard. I think if people accept that basic challenge and are hungry for more you may have a pattern participant. Otherwise, I'm not so sure.

Bill P, D7<br type="_moz" />