I don't think it's snobbery at all.

It's just that this hobby, like all other hobbies, attracts different kinds of people. Excuse me, but some guys bring some real junk to the airport, that's all that they can afford, so, what the heck. Others, with money from sponsors, or money from the working wife, bring some really nice custom painted stuff. If you look closely, some of those guys with the custom painted stuff arrive with custom trailers, pull out custom tables, custom tools, custom chairs, the old faithful custom cooler and last but not least the custom uniform. If you hang around long enough, most of those custom people never fly and they almost never have really have good looking custom woman with them. They just come to the field and give the impression that they are snobby. Not so. Most of those guys just light up when somone comes over and talks to them. Now, if one of those guys had a real good looking woman with him, we might expect some sort of snobbery, because, getting a good looking woman to the RC field is quite an accomplishment. Those guys, deserve respect and attention. However, that sight is far and few between. There is no way that I would think that a guy with a trailer full of RC airplanes was snobby. What is there to be snobby about? Like I said, most can't even fly, they don't even test their own planes. They are shaking in thier boots when it comes to flying. It's the guys with the junkers that fly all the time, they hog the field. They're not snobby, a little wierd looking, but not snobby. Heck, I'd ask one of those guys to help before I 'd ask Mr. Custom trailer. Not because Mr. Custom trailer is snobby and standoffish, but because Mr. Junker is probably a much better pilot.

I really admire some of the craftsmanship and originality that people put into their stuff. I'm somewhat in the middle, not the best with arts and crafts, can't fly RC nearly as I good as I can fly full size, but, when I crash everyone looks. I like lots of smoke and damage, no nose overs for me. The object is to have fun, isn't it? Snobbery? Nah. People that don't fly RC think that we are all wierd, grown guys playing with toys, wasting time glueing, soldering, painting, all in solitude, acting like like a recluse. So, snobby is not the right word to describe us hobbiests.

We're just a bunch of wierd guys that like to spend time building stuff, breathing fresh air, relaxing without wine and woman, and we also like to check out the other wierd guys that show up at the field. To the outside world we might be geeks, but, to other hobbiests it't quite an honor to be referred to as a snob. But, for the most part, you can't tell a book from it's cover, try talking to the guy close to you at the field, most of the those geeky looking snobby guys are really nice. Talk to them, make thier day.