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Old 07-29-2004 | 11:57 PM
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Default R/C club "experts" snubbing newbies

Hmm... any other newbies out there ever get the feeling that experienced R/C airplane experts, Gods, etc. take things
a weee bit too seriously? Paid for a membership to a local field and after a few emails finally got a reply. They didn't want
to give me access to the field until someone came out to watch me fly. I can understand that, but it's only a slow stick. I can
even understand it if it is just a slow stick. What gets me is the attitude that I notice from SOME of these R/C Gods. I can sort
of sense a negative vibe... like the last thing they need is another newbie around. Yet there are other R/C experts that are totally
friendly, helpful, positive and encouraging about the hobby. The prez of this club makes me not want to be in it at all. I won't mention
who and where, but wonder if anyone else out there has experienced this same type of behavior.

I got in this hobby to have fun, not to be dictated to! Geez... I guess I'll just take my park flyer to a park. Would have been
nice to take it to an airfield, but what fun is it to fly at specific times while being watched like a hawk? My work schedule isn't conventional...and
sometimes I just want to take it out, fly, then come back home. Never expected such Nazi like behavior.

Anyway, just had to vent... these guys are driving me nuts!

Time to find another field... what a waste of money.

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