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Old 10-02-2005, 10:40 PM
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Default RE: Magazines say there are no bad planes??

Pavan......


Now you crossed that line. Went from a nice gullable consumer to a critic who expects that all we read in print is the truth. Magazines don't lie, nor do newspapers, or the evening news hour. Long after the blatant headlines have turned gray, those same places will post a follow up near the end which tells that their experience with the prototype may not match the production A/C.

Back in the early 1990's I once got asked to do a couple hundred laser parts for a new kit to be introduced onto the market. They sent me rough plans, the text from the proposed article, and a bunch of pictures of the airplane in action. Only thing was that someone used translucent covering, and then you could easily see that the make up of the model was different in all three instances. The text for the article did not mention anything about the tail feathers, and the plans were sort of vague as to what the final shape was to be. Oh, and one other thing they needed it all done before the end of the month because of publication lead times. The magazine is no longer around, if that will enlighten some of their internal problems.

If you check reviews in magazines back in the 1960's through early 1980's they often did not get into the actual construction, as they knew it was all so inaccurate and rough. They moreover wrote of how well the model performed. AND, they did not but seldom mention all the radio gear used, for they did not want to favor one advertiser's equipment over another's. Magazines then were filled with chatter, pictures of club or national events, and how to help one another. Different than today, when you read that the model has some $10 shelf bought item, instead of a similar $1 home made item. We seem to have gotten into the age that only professionals can design and assemble, and kit or plan building is a past art. If you can build a model from $40 of raw materials, have it going in three weeks, OR buy an ARF for $340 and have it ready for next weekend, you may be an equal flyer, but are you and equal modeler?


Would like to read more of what you have to say in a host of subjects.

How about next one being, why can't we get away from computer based radio systems, and get back to when practice and skill were more admired.

Wm.