Are we an ageing hobby?

[Bob Hann]

  age 61 this year

  ic sport

  ic heli

  slope soaring

  

   i have been enjoying our great hobby for the past 50 years.

[Bri.]

Is the next survey  going to be 35megs versus 2.4? could be a good one.

[Dead-stick]

Posted by Bri. on 17/03/2010 20:11:02:

Is the next survey  going to be 35megs versus 2.4? could be a good one.

 Especially if you could only vote for one or the other, quite a few people have both! 

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

Hey guys, give me chance - I haven't finished this one yet!

 

But you're right. What I think would be interesting would be to do that survey now, then again in say 6 months and then 6 months after that - and so record the spread. Mmmmm, I feel a survey coming on!

 

But in the meantime, lets finish this one. Come on guys lets have one big last push before the deadline on Friday night - if we can break through 300 responses that would be great.

 

BEB

[Bri.]

Keep up the good work BEB Whoops forgot no chit chat sorry

[Mowerman]

70

 

Sport i.c. and electric

 

KK rubber and glider at 12 yrs.

[Neil]

1.   54

2.   IC Scale

       Elec sport

3.   8. Control line.  KK rubber and gliders.

 

Bit of a break in the middle but got back in with slope soaring.

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

Hi,

 

I am doing the analysis of the returns at the moment - should take a day or two. I will post the results in a new thread.

 

Thanks to everyone who posted.

 

BEB

[iflylilplanes]

1.  51

 

2.  Sport both IC & Electric

      Thermal Glider

      Old Timers

 

3.  KK Ajax 1967 age 9 

 

Have had a go at FF peanut scale, Hlg, P30 and Coup. Control line scale and aerobatics. RC gliders both slope and thermal, scale, pylon, aerobatics, helicopter, Old Timers and I run Glo 2C & 4C, Diesel and electric. Have enjoyed every aspect of  model aircraft flying I have tried to date.

Edited By I fly lil planes on 21/03/2010 00:42:50

Edited By I fly lil planes on 21/03/2010 00:46:11

[Robin Colbourne]

Age:  46

 

1. IC Sport

 

2.  Slope Soarers

 

3.  Electric Helicopters

 

First proper model:  Veron Classic towline glider when aged 9, then saved up for my first (secondhand) set of Fleet R/C gear which I bought at age 11. 

First R/C model:  Bowman's Simpleton glider.

[John Bunting]

Age: 79

Started  in 1941, aged 11, making the classic beginner's mistake of building a small rubber-powered scale model: a Vickers Wellesley. A Frog kit, I think. Total failure, for flying! Then a few solid scale models and chuck gliders, followed by a 31-inch span 'Baby Gull' glider, designed by RFL Gosling, in 1946. Success! And what's more, I still have it, after over 60 years. It's been re-covered once or twice, and still gets taken out for a flight occasionally. Now, mainly gliders and small electric models, that I can fly close to home.

[Bri.]

When do we get the result? or have i missed it

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

Bri, 

 

you'll find the initial results plus the discussion of them here. I'll be doing some further work on the results asap.

 

BEB