Interesting points Jimmy.
Bottom line though: why aren't more people flying F1D?
Don DeLoach
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On Apr 19, 2012, at 6:36 PM, "jim" <glider902003_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Don to Brett:
> "Economical? How many hours have you spent to become proficient at the WC level in F1D?"
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> True, but lets face it most of us have more time then dollars...or will at some point in our life unless we are lucky enough to be very successful at our day job. If that were the case for me I'd be joyously wasting that money racing *inside* of something!
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> I consider a hobby as simply something to occupy my "free time" as I find it (which is not often at the current stage of life). There are times that I evaluate my many hobbies for the best value in the class of dollars spent/hour of enjoyment. Indoor flying is practically untouchable in this category, which is one reason I stay involved.
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> (I think about this at times because I actually work with people near retirement age who are financially able to retire, but complain that they have no idea how they will occupy their time so they are afraid to retire. We have regular debates regarding this and it irritates the heck out of me!!!)
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> Sure the members of the current F1D have copious amounts of time invested in learning their craft, but is it really any more than the members of the current F1 outdoor team? To fly at that level is a huge investment of time no matter what the discipline. Indoor however does have a very attractive jumping in price, and a heck of allot less support equipment.
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> Now if only I could learn how to steer overnight...
> ~Jim
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