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The reason for seeing low number of rounds on the second day is mainly due to most of the of the time people want to leave the field by 1 o clock pm. The past contest I have CD I tried to have my contest done by 12:30. This is from my experience in the Southeast Region. You will find that about 70% of the pilots want to be on the road by 1 to 2 o clock.
I try to run at least 4 rounds. Three rounds on Saturday for all classes and maybe a 4th round for 1 or 2 classes on Saturday. Unknown Sunday morning followed by finishing Known round then freestyle. But I dont think this is the whole problem due to the low attendance... Honestly I have not notice a big difference in the SE region in the past few years I competed in IMAC. I have seen a slight decrease, but not much. |
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Wayne, I agree that the 4 items you listed are in need of improvement and do hurt the attendance. I also believe having no upper size limits on the aircraft causes the cost to be to high for most R/C flyers to consider competing.
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Contests in California are way down on attendance the last couple years in my area. Two contests got cancelled last year and two more this year. The contests that I made last year were way down on pilots. I have not made any yet this season because of a job change. Huckfest seems to have HUGE attendance.
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When you see low preregistration numbers on the IMAC site for a contest like in SC it’s hard to get motivated to spend the money and time for travel when you know there’s going to be a low turn out. In the SC Region there are very few Advanced and Unlimited pilots who attend contests. You end up flying against the same one or two people over and over unless you’re willing to travel 500 miles or more. Honestly, I’ve had more fun just meeting up with these people somewhere for a fun weekend of flying anything and everything in any way. Several of the higher end pilots I know have became disenchanted with IMAC for a variety of reasons.
If NATS were to rotate locations where it’s held I think there would be a lot more interest in attending it. I know I would be more likely to attend. I’ve tried my hand at flying Pattern this year and I have to admit It’s been a blast. The two contests I’ve attended so far have had 33 and 34 pilots respectively. Many of them have traveled pretty far distances. It looks like the Pattern NATS coming up will have a boat load of attendees so the economy is not hurting them for some reason. It’s very interesting that the Pattern contests have been very top heavy with pilots in the upper classes with much fewer pilots in the lower classes. IMAC on the other hand has many more people in the lower classes and fewer people in the upper classes. It seems that Pattern is having trouble attracting new pilots and that IMAC is having trouble retaining its veteran pilots. Hmmmm…. |
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attendance is down because of too many snaps in the sequence!!!!
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Even though there are people that view the negative... IMAC is alive and well!!!
and I....am proud to be involved |
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Pay to play? Should it be free? Im finding that the pressure of competing is improving my flying skills way beyond what I knew by weekend stick banging. |
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Cryhavoc..
Of course there is cost involved. That is not what I was referring to. When you make equipment choices directly related to scores received that is Pay to Play. Curtis, Yes its alive but can you really say "Well" You cant ignore the so called negative but it seems that is what IMAC is doing. Its really too bad. It could be so much better. |
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