I think one of the points that is being missed here that is valid to getting people into carrier.
I have posted questions about carrier, and the "help" I got bordered on insults.
I had people tell me, that I wasnt dedicated enough to participate since I wasnt willing to invest hundreds of dollars to TRY the event. I was asking for a way to maximize my involvment, nostalgia, profile, ect,, and was basically told that if I wasnt willing to build different airplanes then why bother.
Heck< I just want to try the event,, I dont want to win the worlds,, ( not this year anyway
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I got responses that argued about the horrible rule change, hanging, sliders, everything,
I really never got any positive help except OFF the forum from one person.
I have in my drawer several .40 sized engines,, I was going to use one if I could, but I cant, so I purchased a K and B that was legal, NIB, then was told basically that I couldnt handle it, and it wouldnt work right,,
SO, today, I dont see myself participating, even though I have always thought carrier would be a blast,, my reason,,,
I deal with attitudes, and self serving people at work all the time, why would I want to willingly put myself back into that for my hobby, when no one seems willing to actually give positive constructive advice,,
Ok in fairness, its not NO ONE< but the point is valid, people were to concerned about arguing about rules that dont matter to me , because we have what we have today,,
SO you may want to look at the real reasons people dont participate, instead of what you THINK the reason is.
the first rule of troubleshooting is to find out what the true problem is,, not the symptom, the problem,,,