eflightray Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Posted by john stones 1 on 13/11/2019 21:38:45: I don't have the answer. Fishing, you need a car, there's rules aplenty, it ain't on your doorstep, club fishings a big thing, it's expensive, trust me, you're out in all weathers, more traveling than modelling, you have to work at it to be successful. Our hobbies not unique in having drawbacks, so what are our positives ? Sorry, I can only think of more negatives. With fishing, often there are canals, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds etc nearby, where a youngster can see what is happening and there will probably be a local fishing club, or even schoolmates who go fishing. I used to cycle to my local angling sites as a teenager, even cycled to my local flying site, (recreation ground/sports/school field). It was probably 6 years of modeling before I got a car. But where does a youngster see model aircraft ? Do many clubs really want "young kids with their toy electric planes", as that's how I could imagine some club member feel, hopefully I'm wrong. Perhaps the answer is, stop worrying about the hobbies future, those that want to join in will, it will carry on as before, at least as long as governments and councils tolerate it. The hobby survived the loss of all those old airfields and runways we used for free flight. The only people likely to kill the hobby and flying field are the end users annoying other people. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Posted by Wilco Wingco on 14/11/2019 12:02:15: ... Experience is a wonderful teacher, possibly the best Quite so. I lack the scientific understanding of many contributors so I used to skip past the articles on building your own receiver or other electronic items. I did build a receiver, a MacGregor if I recall, and an older aeromodeller gave me an ED transmitter. It was like a biscuit box with a tank aerial on it and it stood on the ground. You operating a hand piece to move the rudder. Mine had a range of about one metre! I discovered girls soon after that and never went back building my own radio! However, it struck me the other night that aeromodelling is a very character building hobby. For example, I built my first r/c model in 1988, a St Leonard's Models "Gemini," at the age of forty having built free flight and control line models as a youth. I crashed it on its second flight. There were buddy boxes about but my transmitter did not have that facility. I repaired it and carried on. I exchanged it later for a Telemaster. A few years ago I built a replica just to see whether, as an experienced pilot, I could fly the model. I gave it to a clubmate after a few flights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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