FINDING THE RIGHT FORUM


RCUniverse has a lot to offer, but how do you find it? Sometimes it seems a bit of a maze. That is because RCU has grown up over the years and the hobby has hanged and diversified. 25 years ago electric airplanes were not very common. Today they probably outsell the fuel planes.

10 years ago quad rotor aircraft were rare. Now they are very popular. So the areas change over time as the technology changes.


Well, I mentioned the search feature, but there are other tools.

If you hit the Home button at the top left on this page, then click on the Forum tab you will see a list of forums. This can often be a good place to start.

Notice that there is an Airplane forum and an Electric flight forum.

The airplane forum tends to be for "wet fuel" pilots while the electric forum is for electric powered pilots. So, If you are flying glow planes, go to the airplane forum. If you are flying electric planes, go to the electric flight area.

Gliders and Sailplanes are also under the Airplane forum even though very few gliders have wet fuel motors on them. Most have no motors or have electric motors, but, well, that is where they are. However if you go to the Electric Flight area you will find lots of discussions about electric launched gliders, especially in the parkflyer and foamy areas.

There is a Helicopter forum. You will also find the quads and other rotor craft here. But you can also find help in the Electric Flight forum for electric helis.

Boats and Cars is obvious. Posting a question about your electric car in the helicopter forum is really not going to yield a lot of good information. Take it to the car forums.

Just some tips to help make your RC Universe experience more productive and enjoyable.