I think it's amusing some times that long time pilots that now fly the
latest and greatest get classed as non-builders. I would bet some of these
guys have built more wood models over their many years of flying than some
might imagine. Mainly because that's what we had to do to fly back then.
BTW, I have flown a built up balsa woody that I built in every Nats that I
have attended in the Nostalgia class. I have built many balsa wood models
over the years, but none lately. I still enjoy flying and seeing all the
woodys once in awhile. And I know that I am not alone in this. But I
prefer to progress with the times and fly the latest and greatest. So I
have learned how to assemble, setup and contest ready open class sailplanes
in a very consistent fashion.
It's all good to me. But we are all going to have our preferences.
At 12:03 PM 12/31/2005, Pat McCleave wrote:
Just because a guy is flying a nice pretty composite model does not mean
it was not built from scratch or that he does not know how to build.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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