I attended another event yesterday. The Molalla R/C association Cub Nuts. This is a Fly In event for Piper Cub and Cub “ Type “ airplanes. The event itself offers lots of open flying with a few fun competitive events such as spot landing, limbo and timed “ How many touch and goes “. After 4:00 on Saturday it’s open flying for all types of aircraft and 5:00 dinner from Stinky Pete’s BBQ. Pete Trailered in his smoker the day before and started smoking ribs at 8:00 am. Today the event continues with a huge raffle ( most from donations of club members ) at 2:00.

Reason I am putting this here and not in the Events forum is that I think these events somewhat illustrate the health of the hobby a a whole. I have said many times that I agree that the hobby as a whole has been on a steady decline but I’m rethinking that mindset. At least in my region, these events have been very well attended, even during a time when the economy is poor. An indication that the hobby is not on as steep of a decline as some of us think? The technology over the past decade does support smaller models that don’t need an actual flying field ( although that has its issues ). So something we need to consider, is the decline in AMA revenue/membership an accurate indication of the overall health of the hobby? I’m not saying that the hobby is not on a decline overall but simply suggesting the decline is not as steep as we may think. So on to some pictures of yesterday from Cub Nuts.