most of the e games kids play now a days are reactive to the individual players habits,....the games read what the kid does and change slightly to avoid defeat. kids expect that and rc flying doesn't necessarily have that element. kids expect their game activities to not be predictable and so RC boarders that predictable line and kids get bored with it quickly. they also don't want to be bothered with the drudgery of building a plane in order to fly it. look at the introduction and popularity of ARF's today. amongst their younger users,... they even get talked about as "being built". ie. most amount of entertainment with least amount of effort,....that's what it's all about today.