It's no different from 25 cent skins when you're playing golf with your buddies. It adds purpose to your flying - as much or as little as you want to make it. It can't hurt to try to do your best in anything.
Contests make you pay more attention to detail in trimming your plane and make you work on flying skills, neither of which is a bad thing. And you get some memorable moments, for better or worse. I've got some wood and a Nats trophy from days when things went right, and some rueful stories to tell from the (many more) days when they didn't. I always urge our new club members to come out and try contest flying. Some do, a larger number don't. But for those who do, I think it adds another dimension to a hobby that offers so much richness of experience. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
