It's been two years since I decided to build my own scratch built turbine jet model. I have five flights on it before the weather turned cold here in the north east PA area. It flies real well and I was awarded the "Pilots Choice" at the last jet rally I attented. When you feel like a lot of others on here, you take control and do something about it, instead of complaining about it. I saved almost $3,000.00 by making my own turbine jet. If you have been flying at least ten years and don't know what makes an airplane fly, you might as well turn off your transmitter and play video games on the computer. I have been flying model airplanes for 55 years and I just made my first fiberglass model. I won't BORE anyone with the details, but if you are interested, then here is what to look for: 1950's Navy Jet thread. Enjoy.....

Larry

You noticed it too?

I agree with the "alpha male" comment...

In my opinion, the issue has to do mostly with the forum contents than with the new format, actually, forum discussion quality started to decline way before the new format was put in place. Yes the economy is bad, there might be less new products, still no explanation for irrelevant topics, discussions and uncalled for comments.I posted a comment on a thread over two years ago on an unrelated topic, but it does apply to this one perfectly, it was:

"There are very experienced people on this forum who can contribute a lot to the growth of the newcomers, and as time goes by, there is less and less contributions on their part, I feel that's because some of the newbies use the forum as their "facebook" and post everything they do and comes to mind during the day that has no relevance to the continuous development of the forum, you do not see the experts who can teach us do this!, that's not what the forum is for and I believe may be the reason for less and less postings from those we can learn a lot from, it may be becoming the environment they do not want to be a part of"

I wonder how the contributions of the top 3 members with the most posts in the last 36 months relate to the perception of the forum today...

Force field on...

DW has one small shop in the UK so I will leave it to you to decide if he is 'prominent' or not

Small...Dennis you are so funny.

dennis , whos dennis :-)

I totally agree with Mr. Wilshere opinion as same applies to Spain model market. And as to RC Universe Jet forum also happens to Spanish most popular forum.

From my point of view...... it is just statistics, idiot!.

It is very easy:

1.- If fewer people may get to R/C in general and jets in particular, fewer and fewer threads will be started.
2.- If more people are unable to keep with the hobby, fewer and fewer threads will be started and even continued.
3.- If there are fewer meodelers, manufacturers will produce fewer new models to build and comment.

And all this has nothing to do with some distributors getting bigger premises and more employees as for example, in my country, of 5 great distributors only 2 remain and although it is possible they might get better sales from less competence -thus needing more warehouse space and more people working- we have lost R/C brands like OS Engines and Kyosho that we now may only purchase from other European countries but not in Spanish model shops.

That is crisis and R/C market free falling!.

post #2 said it all in a nut shell and its that way in almost every forum you get into.no respect for the hobby or each other.

I would like to see the jet forum broken down into sub categories, everything gets lost in the jumble. I'd like to see a designer, scratch build and ARF categories, to much here that I don't want to see, and maybe the jet section needs it's own club house for stuff like this! I think that would help also to disperse the crowd if you will and I could stop by and see exactly what I want to see.

Luke

How about a sub category for "whiners".

I tactfully added that category in the form of the "club house".

If you are bored, check this out: http://www.rc-network.de/forum/showt...sbauer-Richter. This should get very interesting pretty soon. This guy is building a BD-5, scale 1:1!!!!

Regards, Bart.

Lol Dennis, You've obviously never been to see Dave in his modern warehouse.
How many multistore model jet shop companies are there in the UK, or even the US? I can't think of one.
I think i'd be safe to say that he's probably the largest jet dealer in the UK and would have a grasp on the economic state of the industry he's in.

Myself, i'm not on here much now as i can't afford to buy anything new to build, and so have nothing to post about.

So, rather than stating how bored you are with the forum, why not do something about it and pick up a mick reeves kit, or a thorjet kit and start building something, whilst supporting the industry at the same time?

I for one enjoy seeing and understanding the "Master Builders" jets and how they do things. I think we all learn a good amount of how two's and techniques to put toward are own models, weather they are a masterpiece scratch built of ARF.

I've been in this hobby and business for a good amount of time and there are many different types of modelers here. The world has gone from kits to ARF's due to demand, peoples time and quality of manufactures.
There are some fantastic company's out there making some great quality stuff. A lot of modelers just don't have the time or experience to Design, Develop, Manufacturer or build like the pro's. Many of my customers are very accomplished builders that have built many Fiberglass and foam wing kits. These days they just don't have the time or want to build that type of kit anymore due to the ARF world and the selection increasing.

I understand the saying "BUILD THREAD" can be misunderstood by many of the builders here but some guys refer to this word with ARF's as they have never built a kit from design to flight. There is still a great deal of things to be done on an ARF kit.

RCU build/assembly/install threads have been a key part of a lot of peoples success in this hobby. Weather its, Where to mount the engine or how to install the tanks and where is the best CG? all the way up to the masterpieces we see here and the custom composite parts made. We all benefit..

I think all the information is great and would not want to be a new or experianced modeler and not have this info at my fingertips....

Just my 2 cents..

Ha! I think RCU is still useful. How many good modelers have we saved from:

a: poor first jet decisions

b: buying fly eagle stuff

c: buying the "wrong" radio or equipment for their use

etc....

Maybe this view is even too negative. We've helped people in many positive ways! Giving and receiving compliments, advise on which components to use.....

I think RCU is useful. I enjoy laughing at some of the banter. Yes, sometimes it can get under our skin, but really, it's all about talking about our toys. We love it.

I start my "build" thread for other people who might wish to see what how a particular model is put together. I've even had people come in and give me ideas or point out mistakes I've made. Even if I don't agree, it makes me think about it.

The new format has been like mold, its grown on me. I hope the search function get changed soon.

In hell, the punishment will be using the search fxn on RCU, over and over and over and over and over and over......