TimJ I don't know how many more airplanes I can buy and how that would get more people into the fixed wing aircraft flying. I can only fly one plane at a time. I have people stop and watch me fly and each and every one of them is offered a turn at the sticks if they are interested.

I think the trend for drones is because kids can buy them ready built and with some of the guidance systems on them they can be flown with very little training. Flying a plane takes more skill. I understand that Tower is in the business to supply what the market demands. But the multi rotor drones have caused all of us new, unwanted problems and requirements to register planes that would have never happened without drones. And especially drones and fixed wing planes with FPV that can be flown way beyond line of site and well into the airspace occupied by full size aircraft. You want to see some new laws, just wait until a drone brings down a full sized airplane.

I like to shoot guns. I like traditional black powder rifles. Many years ago states offered primitive muzzle loader season for deer and elk. A real primitive gun weather it was a percussion or flintlock took a little skill and a learning curve to use it. So manufactuers came out with simple to load inline guns with scoped optics and special sabot rounds that let the new guy have instant success. No real skill needed. New guys got burned out because there was no challenge. This pretty much killed the traditional muzzle loader market. And the guys that might have enjoyed and stuck to black powder shooting gave it up pretty quick. They didn't build their guns from kits or make there own shooting supplies. That was all part of the experience but it was already done for them.

This is what I see for the future of fixed wing model aircraft. Now you don't need to build your plane. Most don't know how to repair their ARFs. They don't know how to tune or operate a glow engine. They have all went electric. I am afraid that people will lose interest because there is no challenge. And Tower is feeding what may ultimately be the downfall of model aviation by supplying the very thing that in the end kills it. Just my thoughts. Maybe I am full of beans.