Need to get one of the big guns.... Horizon or Great Planes to make an ARF 2 meter plane IMHO. Then get some top pilots to fly it here and there to give it some exposure. That all by itself will do wonders for pattern. It will give "would be" newbie pattern pilots something that looks like a piece of serious pattern equipment. That will fill a void in the market and bring in some new recruits. IMHO the Focus from Piedmont isn't/wasn't well enough known to most regular guys. Gotta reach them with a nice plane offered in a Tower Talks flier or the Horizon equivalent.

Of course, this is a pattern newbie's opinion so it's probably not even worth .02.

Wiz