I hate to say this but there are some guys out there that held this part of the hobby back with a class system of pattern flyers who spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on ships that very few of the rest of us had the time or the skills to duplicate and those same guys held to their secrets of building and balancing and flying. Now we have what we have!
I tend to agree with that.
And not just Stunt, I find that the only guys who really try to encourage newcomers are the Carrier guys ( really nice bunch )
Here in the UK, Stunt, Team Race, Goodyear and even Combat are all "class ridden" - if you havn't got the correct model / engine / skill, you are looked down on and in fact you feel guilty for even trying, you are made to feel you are just in the way, and should stick to spectating in awe.
Like I say, the Carrier guys are just the opposite, and will drag anyone spectating into the arena, giving advice, phone numbers, leaflets and even let you have a go with their trainer models.
If it wasn't such a minority interest, requiring specialised equipment, I would join their club, just out of pure respect for their efforts
