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MAN *sure plays on its "historic" past while not paying any attention to modellers who still know how to build light airy balsa frameworks and cover with tissue. A real shame. I guess $$$ (r/c sales) talks.
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The sad thing about R/C is the direction it's going with nothing but Almost Ready to Fly--"ARFs". *The builders that still actually take a kit and build a plane from the wood and metal are a dying breed today...not to mention the ones who draw a set of plans and construct a model from them!
In MAN, it's nothing but ads, ads and more ads with an occasional building article for us wierdos out there who like to actually cut wood. *I'm glad the FF guys haven't forgotten what it's really all about.
I guess the problem with R/C is that it's gone from a hobby to a sport--hence, the higher financial bracket that's into it now. *When I started flying in 1979, there were always older cars and trucks with nice planes (built by the flyers,naturally)...nowadays, there's lots of SUVs and new trucks and nothing but ARFs on the field. *
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