patternpilot posted:I am just emerging from a 40 year stint in a hobby called precision aerobatics or pattern. (hence my screen name) This sport requires you to fly a 2 meter airplane that cannot weigh more than 11 pounds with fuel through a set of maneuvers in front of a panel of judges. This sport has its own set of elitists who think that if you don't have the latest and greatest equipment and plane you are less and looked down on. Thus receiving lower scores. Having to spend $5,000 every two years on new equipment to maintain a competitive edge became more than I wanted to do. I called it chasing the white rabbit. Now my point is, I see some of this attitude here as well. Reference the picture above of the dinosaur pulling the rock baggage car tells me that if you run conventional and three rail tubular track you are less and thought of as living in the past and having inferior equipment. I am starting in this to have some fun and to have a hobby where I can stay at home to enjoy it. Everyone should just do what they like and not represent themselves as better than others because they own $1500 locomotives that do things others cannot do. Everyone should have fun and encourage everyone else to have fun. If you have knowledge that can help us beginners then help us, don't look down on us.
I agree, hence my tagline.
