Here is a what if...

We know the size of the AMA, but we do not know the size of the market being served by the RC industry....let's say that is 500,000 people total.

That means 170K in the AMA and 330K ouside of it (roughly 2 to one).

So the 10% reduction in the AMA is only a 5% increase in the other market...that is not much, and from the looks of it, that market is EXPLODING, much higher than 5% per year rates.

Although I cannot prove it, I really believe a lot of people are dropping from IC, or are getting very deep in the hobby (spending thousands a year) and never buy any IC at all.