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Old 08-02-2005 | 05:56 AM
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Default RE: What dirrections should the AMA go?

You would have to display some hard evidence to make this juror believe that MAN and FLYRC are doing less than great.
Okay, I'll have to disagree on MAN. I'm not renewing my subscription. Fly RC is doing well from what I've heard and I like reading it. I don't, however, feel that MA needs to change that much and be operated like a normal magazine. I would like to see more Scale Aerobatics, 3D Flying columns as well as 3D Electrics. These areas are a large section of the potential membership. I also would like to see better construction articles. The 35% 'Project Extra' was okay, but I would have liked to have rib templates because I don't like foam wings. MA should also reduce the number of pages it gives to FF. I am not familiar with the numbers, but I think that FF is only 1% of the membership. Also, I think that columnist should get one page of full color in witch to share their pics.( I don't want to look at an airbrush job that's in black and white) I will agree that MA/AMA needs to support competition and that will increase their membership. I'm torn on the presidents and others like it columns. In one sense, we need to know what they are doing(without bashing), in the other do we need to know? I'll also agree that MA needs to charge the going advertising rate.