Phil, I have tremendous respect for your contributions to rc soaring as well, but maybe you should not be to too thin skinned on what is posted here. Note that I included a smiley face, meaning this was a tongue in cheek thing and not meant to cause hurt feelings.
When I think of ARF, I don't think of Phil Barnes or composit scratch builders, I think of Asia and Europe and see through wings. I bet I'm not alone on this. BTW, I was flying " Old Fashioned " composit ( pressed balsa sheeting glued with epoxy over foam cores I cut ) in the 1980 (?) F3B Team Selection Finals, I believe Dave Thornburg was the CD. So a little definition of old fashioned may be needed. Old fashion ways, hmmmmmmmmmm, do I sense a little disrespect, probably not, if there is, I'm too thick skinned to pick up on it. The most satisfaction I get from Wood Crafters is when new guys to rc sailplanes, flying there first contest, get turned on to contest flying. When they say to me, " I wasn't sure I would enjoy flying a contest, but I do ", it is very satisfying to me. Several of these newbies have showed up at the Nats with their woodys and flew RES and Nostalgia and joined local soaring clubs. I wish clubs from coast to coast would do more to promote Newbies. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Wood Crafters 06 Announcement > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Nostalgia at the Nats is canceled this > > year and the rumor is the LSF NATS are going to be renamed > > > > AMA/LSF ARF NATS. :-) > > You know Ray, I have tremendous respect for what you have done to promote > woody events and I am happy whenever I see that your events are successful > and growing. The only thing that tweaks me is the way that some woody fliers > show so little respect for composite scratch builders and repeatedly post > things that imply that you can't be a scratch builder unless you build the > old fashioned way. > > How about showing the many composite scratch builders a little respect now? > > Phil > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
