Took pride in preaching tongue-in-cheek, doom and gloom while maintaining confidential optimism in the past, but now...
The handwriting on the wall really says it all this time around - seems older, wiser modelers are fed up with it all and selling while they still can. The dumb ones like you and me hoard those things with unrealistic thoughts things will get better.
Dial-a-flight drones, FPV, BVLOS, FAA, registration, TFRs, 400', waivers, TRUST, FRIAs, RID, jumping through who knows how many other hoops, along with the elimination of traditional modeling items by corporate absorption and systematic elimination of those suppliers - all seemingly tied to the integration but ultimately, dominance of low level airspace for money to be made by large companies delivering customer's packages.
And all this regulation just for a model airplane; its ruling us into oblivion.
With all the farming land being bought up, we'll go to fly at the RealFlight stimulator on the laptop.