ORIGINAL: TCrafty
I've been around some guys who work in the magazine business and I can tell you that there are those who are straight up and those who play the game. I say that planes are like computer programs, let them be out long enough and everyone else will find the problems for you. I bought an Ultra R/C Giles and I knew EVERYTHING about the plane that could be a problem and even some things that aren't. Example, guys put a heavy gasser on the nose of the thing and then grouse about the landing gear breaking. Agreed, it is fragile but placing an anchor on the front of the thing only encourages the inevitable. Read as much as you can in both the magazines and the forums but don't believe everything you read. The truth is there in due time... for those who will listen to it.
You are correct. Now how do these magazines remain in publication, while other (maybe better) magazines bite the dust? Look at Scale R/C Models. Great magazine, even if we did have to put up with Norm's tirades, and it's gone. I guess it's the almighty advertizing buck at work again. Tell outright lies to your readership to preserve the advertizers account. Never mind what it does to the hobby. As I said before, if your magazine never met a model airplane that they didn't like, it's time to move on to another publication.
Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1