Paul,

You are entitled to your opinion, of course. So are the others among us who prefer to feel actual forces from the aircraft we are flying, rather than an overlay of a veneer of imagined sensing of what's happening some hundreds of feet away, or perhaps uncomfortably close in certain 3D or Parkies...

It can all be good and satisfying to those who find satisfaction in what they prefer. An earlier reply simply said CL appears not to be for you. So be it. Why insist that because it is not satisfying to you, it is dull and to be outgrown. RC happens to be older than CL, btw. Of course, you are free to say that, too, if you don't mind offending a growing number of - yes, older - fliers returning to something tactile, with very good friends to fly with, in CL. Many of our retreads are only in their forties. I HOPE these are not dying off very rapidly!

One reason RC never really grabbed me was that so many of those involved seemed only to visit a while between tennis and golf on the way to ski-boarding, or whatever their next temporary sport/hobby was to be. An often seen attitude was of superiority as soon as they could take off and land with little/no damage - until they got bored of RC, too. Many thereafter became active opponents of any form of waste of taxpayer money or public parkland for such stupid use as toy airplanes. I hope my experience is not universal. As club secretary, among other offices, I had quite a job keeping up with the membership turnover. And, as a happy Ukie, I'd joined that club mainly in hopes of access to their flying site. I did get that, if no one was there to fly RC.

There is good in all aspects of model aviation hobbies, imho. The attraction of any one aspect may not appeal to another guy. Hobbies are activities we engage because we enjoy them. So long as the activity is wholesome and healthful, I have no heartburn that you don't see the charm and joy in CL. I hope you will allow me my enjoyment?