The willing young are of course to be mentored , and I'm happy to hear you have a few that you are helping along in the hobby . Around here such youth seem very few and far between , X Box and Playstation 4 having got most of em .

As to the AMA , I am an aeromodeler first and foremost and while I believe an organization such as the AMA is generally good for the hobby* , I will be an aeromodeler till MY death , the death of the AMA will in no way diminish my interest in aeromodeling !

* I say "Generally" because the whole peeing on the drone flyers and attempted forced membership things were most certainly NOT good for the hobby , even though the AMA EC seemed to think shunning the drone flyers and forcing the rest of us to belong to enjoy the "privilege" of flying our models was a smart strategy . I see the AMA has been trying to court the drone flyers as of the past few years , too little too late , as you say being called a "rogue" flyer by the hobby's representing organization likely didn't sit well with them .

This post is in response to Appowner , I'll address SpeedRacer in my next post .