ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf
ORIGINAL: camW
I am interested in hearing what others are doing or considering.
Our club is the most receptive of any club...can't get more receptive! At our local hobby shop they are told where we are and are invited to come fly with us...indefinitely...no need to even join the club but invariably if they like the experience they usually join the club as well as the AMA...up until now, at the full membership level but this PPP stuff has caused a bit of consternation on their part.
One club I belonged to not long ago had a more closed approach and actually desired to keep the membership level low...consequently there were many hoops to jump through comparatively. I think most clubs will
follow that pattern closer than not. Then they will come here and talk about the falling AMA numbers and declining interest in the hobby…go figure.
It has been very rewarding watching park flyers advance to some of the most sophisticated and demanding models to replace the foam they started with. Our club has
found the formula to grow the hobby as well as the AMA.
Am I right in understanding that your invitation is the general type that those interested are welcome to come out to the field and if someone might be around that is willing to put them on a buddy box as a guest? or Is your invitation for the public to bring their new plane out to the field and someone if available will help them get it in the air (buddy box or not)?