Can someone support with numbers that UC is indeed growing. I doubt it. The majority of those practicing this part of the hobby are old - very old and starting to die at a high rate. The newer advocates are usually people returning after many years - retreads - also old and not young people.

With the advent of cheap radios, park flyers, indoor RC, and ARFs, RC will continue to attract the younger set and continue to significantly grow. It can now be flown in very limited areas and areas that are noise sensitive.

UC has one degree of freedom (elevator) and is buried in the past that most middle age people were never exposed to and could care less. RC has usually three or four degrees of freedom (elevator, rudder, throttle, and aileron - some or all) which leads to more interesting flight for the advocate or the newbie.

I recently tried UC again after being away for 35 years. I found it dull - very dull!


Paul