Great Poll -

I fly IMAC although I have several friends who fly pattern. Our club even hosts a major pattern contest every year. The competiotrs are a great bunch of people who love to fly and have fun.

I have flown a friends VERY nice pattern plane a few times. It flys great and really grooves. My reasoning behind flying IMAC instead of Pattern are simple:

1. I have a hard time visually orienting the pattern plane. I am sure this would go away with practice, but when you are used to flying a big 40% plane with huge gear hanging down and then go to a smaller - very symetrical plane with retracts, it can be disorienting. I doubt many other people have this issue, but it is something which makes me more hesitant to fly Pattern on a regular basis.

2. Freestyle! I love the end of an IMAC contest and people get out there and cut loose. I notice that freestyle participation gets more popular at the end of a season and people tend to take more risks - still , it is always fun to watch. It also tends to get a lot of people to come out and watch who normally would stay at hime.

3. - And probably the biggest reason - Unknowns ! They are very challenging and a lot of fun. Unknowns are by far my favorite part of flying IMAC contests. If they ever add unknowns to pattern, I would be much more inclined to try it.