Preston,
If you doubt what I say as being true pull the needles out of your CMB and see if they form a nice little train. Having built 1 or 2 performance engines I can say that residual mag is no man's friend. Both my engines were that way.
As for people being crucified, it happens often with all the little"lol" comments in places they do not belong. If someone asks a a question, just answer it without all the humor, and treat people with dignity that are asking the questions. Each person has a line of interests that they follow. Many do not follow mine or yours. This is, after all, a forum.
If you know the person or have conversed with them and know that they will take what you are saying as a joke or without malice by all means have fun. If you do not know them, treat them with respect and answer the question without the humor or sarcasm. I have seen outright attacks on this website while visiting friends. It happens quite often. I get them e-mailed to me on a weekly basis.
If you wish for boating to flourish, I suggest everyone monitor the smug replies and foster the goodwill needed to entice new membership. They are after all, the people that keep the manufacturers going and motivated to bring out revisions and new products. No one likes being belittled when trying to learn. An one cannot learn when discouraged to ask questions. The only stupid questions are the ones that go unasked.
A newbie shows up at the race course, help him. It is in YOUR best interest long term. Piss him off and turn him away, you have just manufactured one more person that will run around and tell everyone we are all a bunch of prehistoric "d&%#@" and will drive one more nail in the coffin. We are being pushed out of ponds because people do not want to enact noise regs. Our sites are being gobbled up by housing tracts and there are still those that do not get the picture.
It will not be long before the EPA is on us about oil pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution. Look at the home products market. EPA is imposing more strict laws every year. Keep showing up on the radar and we will be next. No more 2-stroke weedwackers after 2006 or 2007 if memory serves me correctly. We pollute as much or more than any single weed-eater. Remember, the person you just pissed off may work for the EPA or some other agency. Temper your responses and be responsible. I like doing my R/C hobbies.
Never before in history has the technology been so cheap or readily available, think about the long term health of our sport. Not our own egos.
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