Originally Posted by
bogbeagle
Nah, I still can't see it. It simply doesn't matter to me how many other people fly models. In fact, it seems that the more people get involved, the more the push for "rules and regulations".
If anything experience has shown this to be the opposite.
The fewer people involved the easier it is to have rules passed by others not in the hobby that limit things.
We've seen this first hand... there is strength in numbers.
Expenses is also not the only motivation, keeping the pipeline full is a requisite for the long term health of the activity.
The "club scene" as you call it, is literally the only game in town around here vis-a-vis RC activities... if you're not in a club, unless you own private flying land, then RC activities are out of the question.
The upside to us is that we do get good support from our county people.
RC is not "dying" per-se, there is indeed PLENTY of interest, the problem is not the clubs, but rather those who complain about clubs being monolithic organisations...
You know the kind, those don't want to get involved, don't care about membership, call safety orientated people "hobby police", spend their time demeaning those who are pro-active, etc. etc... the "glass is always half empty" types... why methinks I see a few of them here. They love to stare into the abyss...