Dohrman
I can vouch for the fact that you definitely do have a personality.
I'll have to say that I've had much the same experience. I've had two WS
kid who stuck with indoor for a couple of years each, but long term
interest in any kind of modeling is a long shot. Kids go to college, then
off to the working world.
My own experience was pretty much the same. I had a forty year layoff
before getting back into the hobby.
Most of the new indoor flyers I know are older and can marshal their
finances and time so that a hobby is possible.
None of this is too say that I am for or against P-18. I think any ideas
are worth exploring.
On Jun 17, 2016 9:59 PM, "Dohrman Crawford tum25_at_bellsouth.net
[Indoor_Construction]" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I did a lot of mentoring over the years for a fair number of kids. Not a
> single one of them ever showed the slightest interest in going forward in
> the hobby. Even though I was born without a personality, I don't think it
> was me.
> I agree, adults should be the target.
> Dohrm
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 17, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Ron Williams groncan_at_gmail.com
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I have never read so much bullshit on a web forum than this attempt by a
> bunch of old and middle aged (read boring) guys believing that the future
> of indoor lies in the hand of a bunch of kids. Yes, kids are vital and
> active. But the future of indoor lies in the hands of guys just like you,
> not the youth. The Youth are searching and an exposure to the possibility
> of model aviation and indoor is fine but SO takes good care of that
> already. Forget them. They will disappear as they go to school, marry,
> begin to raise families and fly drones or whatever else is the fad of
> their time.
>
> The beginner that counts is the ADULT who's looking for, simply, a hobby.
> Design for someone who has a mind and the ability to think and solve
> problems. A beginner's model that will draw multitudes will result. Forget
> about experts coming into the event and destroying its attraction for
> beginners. So what? When the Jim R's take over, create a new event. EZB
> worked fine in attracting new fliers. When it became the event of the Petes
> and Jims, Erv's Pennyplane filled the gap. Just create a new "beginners"
> event and let it run its course.
>
> There's an illusion rampant that indoor is in danger of dying. There's
> also a belief that fuel powered and planes built by their flier is dead.
> It's only a belief, no more. Indoor is growing all be it at a healthy if
> not late 20th Century rate. It's just that at the level of
> technical innovation, things get more attention and the older stuff seems
> to suffer. It's not suffering, it's just adjusting.
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