Technical Difficulties March issue contains letter Hal deBolt Now Youre Talking p 41 responds have critical aerodynamics articles felt important give Hal chance respond have criticized analysis place modeling history justified day court number critical deBolt have suggested peer review technical articles Thats fair enough its amazing critics have volunteered themselves source knowledge Hmm.I can see now Well peer review XYZ article used wrong person analyze discussing tech-article situation number folks within AMA constant seems technical presentation no-win situation understand previous editors have fared no better articles Several people seem think have straight word ones possess said knowledge everyone else must wrong regardless qualifications example Bob Meuser highly respected modeling author has written edited National Free Flight Societys Symposium reports can quite technical nature wrote column magazine years edited NFFS Digest on Yet Bob has detractors witness ongoing battle reader John Vesper Letters Editor about physics So whos right wrong does matter anyway Well course matters criticized wanting present divergent authors opinions no room divergence right wrote reader still maintain whether tech piece useful depends readers needs also believe lot scientific theory considered fact often confused good deal self-righteous harrumphing blessed straight word final thought deBolt issue advantage deBolt has techies cannot match can make model airplanes fly may agree reasoning man can get done flightline can cite chapter verse aerodynamic theory would utterly lost hand-launched glider hand say nothing CL handle radio transmitter Technical articles no use average reader unless can used practical everyday modeling situations modelers results-oriented willing get knee-deep theory try get 1% efficiency Super Floozit Mk III #24 oh way 1% increase good sea level under ideal conditions faced different set circumstances author like George Myers RC Flying Today Some Georges remarks months column could rather incendiary say least showed unedited version Georges column several AMA officers review comment tees off several topics directly related modeling didnt want officers surprised Myers text Yes officers have say magazines contentnot point origin has claimed official AMA perspective consider much like old best interest baseball clause used sports commissioners Its Bob Underwoods position nature Georges column philosophical others allows him expound topics normally outside columns focus Therefore column will essentially run written Id like remind readers opinions expressed columns columnists necessarily reflect official opinion AMA MA staff Please dont write tell what idiot am running something like Myers column try editor censor part about being idiot common knowledge anyway Type Several readers have written ask type AMA News smaller used rest magazine Hard read say Well. smaller type size 8-point type opposed 9-point bulk text allows copy fit page Since VP columns limited page length Council mandate allows information flow readers also lends certain fairness District coverage since District allotted same magazine space small type size have VPs columns regularly run long C 0 must edited Wed have bigger space problem used larger type better have information rather R too much struggle fill page type style N Times readable type faces around widely used very reason E publishing still have difficulty R reading officers columns might invest full-page magnifier ease eye strain bit same magnifier might also come handy study plans appear magazineanother area weve come some heat Cant read notes plans comment Its view reader shouldnt necessarily able read plan notes attempt deception desire sell plans practical reality room plan takes up layout less space photos text Weve readers complain size plan reproductions magazine makes difficult photocopied full size Hey guys just buy em Its Im money-grubbing because believe dont make money plans youre interested design order plans reference future study used common practice modelers know have file cabinet full plans models may never have built Continuation foul Still other readers want know articles jump continued back magazine rather finishing flat together Sometimes length given piece makes almost impossible run continuous fashion Ads text mixed other times reader will see particular ad reading given article gets things like target marketing ad- dollar values least good old dollars cents Its naive idealistic believe money factor nonprofit organization such AMA l 1994 11