The future of FACE, part II
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Wout Moerman
Jun 12, 2008, 7:15:44 AM6/12/08
to Flying Aces Club Europe
Pete wrote:
> Hi, I wanted to post a message in "Future of FACE..." using a couple of quotes and hit the reply to author button - got sent to Wout. The reply to message option on my end does not have a "send" or "post" button.
Wout, could you forward my errant message to the "future" thread?
Cheers, Pit
Wout wrote:
Sure Pete, here it is. I can't reply to the original "future of Face"
thread either, don't know why. I started a new thread for this reason.
Pete wrote:
> Hi guys, I've decided to come out of my cave (just got home after 6 weeks of rehab following about six months of BAD times).
It appears that in Europe - especially Germany - things that are not
'high-tech' or complex enough, tend to be put down. Hence, the
emphasis on precision scale. I agree wholeheartedly with Wout about
the problem for beginners. I'm personally more interested in sport
(dime?) scale and sport flying in general, tho with a smidgen (VERY
little) arm-twisting I would be persuaded to attend a meet. I would
love to attend OpenScale as at least a spectator this year, but
financial pressures prohibit such a trip.
Back in February, I showed up at my flying patch (RC) with a couple of
gumband models. The amount of snickering about "Pete and his TOY
planes was almost embarassing - till I walked to the middle of the
field during a lull and released my Guillow's LANCER. When I turned
around, ALL snickering had stopped and most jaws were on the ground!
A number of people asked me about these 'toys' (I also had my
Guillow's SKYRAIDER which I also flew) and were totally shocked when I
told them that the planes HAD TO BE BUILT WITH BALSA STICKS AND
TISSUE!! Some were actually interested.
I'm curious as to how many scale modelers actually are here in
Germany. I think we can be counted on one hand. I do hope that this
site opens some doors (and minds).
later, Pete
> Hi, I wanted to post a message in "Future of FACE..." using a couple of quotes and hit the reply to author button - got sent to Wout. The reply to message option on my end does not have a "send" or "post" button.
Wout, could you forward my errant message to the "future" thread?
Cheers, Pit
Wout wrote:
Sure Pete, here it is. I can't reply to the original "future of Face"
thread either, don't know why. I started a new thread for this reason.
Pete wrote:
> Hi guys, I've decided to come out of my cave (just got home after 6 weeks of rehab following about six months of BAD times).
It appears that in Europe - especially Germany - things that are not
'high-tech' or complex enough, tend to be put down. Hence, the
emphasis on precision scale. I agree wholeheartedly with Wout about
the problem for beginners. I'm personally more interested in sport
(dime?) scale and sport flying in general, tho with a smidgen (VERY
little) arm-twisting I would be persuaded to attend a meet. I would
love to attend OpenScale as at least a spectator this year, but
financial pressures prohibit such a trip.
Back in February, I showed up at my flying patch (RC) with a couple of
gumband models. The amount of snickering about "Pete and his TOY
planes was almost embarassing - till I walked to the middle of the
field during a lull and released my Guillow's LANCER. When I turned
around, ALL snickering had stopped and most jaws were on the ground!
A number of people asked me about these 'toys' (I also had my
Guillow's SKYRAIDER which I also flew) and were totally shocked when I
told them that the planes HAD TO BE BUILT WITH BALSA STICKS AND
TISSUE!! Some were actually interested.
I'm curious as to how many scale modelers actually are here in
Germany. I think we can be counted on one hand. I do hope that this
site opens some doors (and minds).
later, Pete
Wout Moerman
Jun 12, 2008, 7:23:15 AM6/12/08
to Flying Aces Club Europe
Pete,
very brave of you to fly your rubber models in front of the enemy. And
a very well written report! In the Netherlands I don't know of any FF
outdoor scale modellers. There are somewhere between 20 and 50 indoor
FF scale modellers but they are very surprised to see it is possible
to fly FF scale models outside.
Wout
very brave of you to fly your rubber models in front of the enemy. And
a very well written report! In the Netherlands I don't know of any FF
outdoor scale modellers. There are somewhere between 20 and 50 indoor
FF scale modellers but they are very surprised to see it is possible
to fly FF scale models outside.
Wout
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