I have not been on here in a long time. I think much of the infighting in forums as it seems to be a good place for mudslinging and little else. BUT>>> I am border line ready to give up my AMA and I tell you why. Not because of anything Dave Brown or AMA has done. I think they work hard at doing their job and they do what they see is right. I see a lot of people not just disagree but are ready to lynch them and I think the whole thing is childish. People in charge will always make decisions and people who don't have a grasp of what is going on will always complain.

I have not been to the field all summer. I fly electric's in my back yard. I have a garage full of medium to large scale airplanes. I took a few glow/gas airplanes out this past weekend and soon realized why it has been a while since I had been back. The R/C hobby has changed over the years and it has nothing to do with Dave Brown.

1. The number one reason is you cannot fly a traffic pattern anymore. Everyone wants to hover their electric's or profile airplanes at the end of the runway and has turned the field into a helicopter field. People complain and nothing changes.

2. I walk the field and there were 30+ airplanes this weekend at the field. Out of the 30 airplanes there was ONE nice one. The rest were junk. Foam, corrugated cardboard, etc. There is no pride in the hobby. We have a 400ft concrete runway, nice facilities, electricity, pop machine, pay people to mow and the people bring junk to fly.

3. There is always one guy with a Diamond Dust trying to show you haw fast he can fly the flight line and how quick he can turn. We were hiding behind the trash cans.

It will be another year before I go back! If I go back!

GW
Evansville, IN