Re: Re: Free Flight themed issue of Model Aviation

From: Don Slusarczyk <don_at_slusarczyk.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:54:03 -0400

I think any article in MA should be an existing indoor AMA event or
other indoor duration event not a fun fly event or similar. There have
been way too many rubber powered fun flyers articles made from left over
balsa and plastic props scraps published in MA and Flying Models
magazine over the years. Look at the other published articles for other
modeling disciplines. They are not all construction articles on beginner
models. Sometimes they are, but many times are also competitive models
in the event being highlighted and built in the article. I don't want
to see a tissue paper EZB like thing that is really not indoor related
at all in an article. How about instead show a person how a F1D is built
or a Manhattan Cabin or Biplane pennyplane is built, or F1M, or F1L?
Show people what we really fly and let them be attracted to what we
really do instead of fabricating some simplified indoor model which only
has the fact it is flown inside as a commonality to a real indoor model.
I think the simple indoor model approach among fellow modelers sells
indoor short of what indoor actually is and may actually turn people
away who may think that all indoor is just some tissue covered sticks
because that is all they ever see in the model magazines.

Don S
Received on Mon Jun 25 2012 - 16:55:12 CEST