Don
It seems that ever since NFFS decided to make a priority of attracting
people to indoor flying that you've had nothing but negative comments
about the subject. I think the real bottom line is why are you feeling
so threatened? Outdoor F/F participants probably outnumber indoor people
by 100 to 1 or 1000 to 1. Is it a problem for outdoor F/F if we try to
promote indoor and attract 10 or 20 or 50 new fliers?
On 4/20/2012 1:20 AM, Don DeLoach wrote:
> Interesting points Jimmy.
>
> Bottom line though: why aren't more people flying F1D?
>
> Don DeLoach
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 19, 2012, at 6:36 PM, "jim" <glider902003_at_yahoo.com
> <mailto:glider902003_at_yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>> Don to Brett:
>> "Economical? How many hours have you spent to become proficient at
>> the WC level in F1D?"
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> (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!!!)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Now if only I could learn how to steer overnight...
>> ~Jim
>>
>
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