Mike,

Ok..so I tell you the same thing that I would tell anyone.....do it better. Don't cop out here on us. You are passionate enough to go on here about this topic which you seem to care about and now you have a chance to make a difference and change it all. Do it your way. Mix it up. Set an example for others to follow.

Submit your own and we'll publish it. If you want to buy the stuff on your own to retain your 100% impartiality go nuts If you want me to get you something and you think you can remain impartial because you got the airframe free, I'll get it. Then you can write it your way, with your spin and we'll publish it right in the rcu magazine I won't even fix any grammar or spelling and will put red type at the top saying "This review is unaltered from Mike L's submission".

I offer this to anyone as long as they can write (decent spelling/grammar), take photos of reasonable good quality and get video. Nothing more I can offer in terms of being 100% open and transparnt here. Our magazine is an open publishing platform that anyone can take part in including you and do it your way. It is your pulpit for the taking but as you noted above...you pass for "lack of desire and same reasons". That is fine but I would be more hesitant about knocking others works down when nobody, including you, is willing to step up to the plate and show how much better it can be done your way.

Even though you may not like our reviews we get 1000's of emails and pm's complimenting how good they are, useful and hepful. Based on the views they get somebody keeps coming back to read them which means somebody finds something of value they can take away from them whatever that may be. All our writers give 100% effort and tell it like it is from their vantage point regardless of whether that coincides with your opinion.

Do reviews help RCU, the members and the mfg's? Of course they do. I think anyone who reads any review realizes this in not only here but in any industry. That doesn't mean that one should not review products simply because everyone benefits. One of the only companies who does a full arms length deal is Consumer Reports. However they are funded by subscriptions and can afford to purchase everything they review and also have ZERO ads. That ecosystem does not work online in the rc industry so we work within the system that we have to maximize the benefit to our members/readers which also benefits the site and of course mfg's collaterally with incremental exposure for products.