@Arthur P. Bloom posted:Speaking of radio control, many decades ago I attended a "York-type" large meet/show in NYC that was entirely devoted to the model R/C hobby. I bought a few Robbe servos and a cheap xmtr/recvr combo to do some experimenting.
I have Googled to find out if such meet/shows/expos still exist, but have not had good results. Is there anyone here on the forum who has a parallel R/C hobby in planes or trucks or boats who might know what's up with the R/C hobby right now, and if there are public meets where the manufacturers all show up to display their products? Or is all on-line marketing?
Arthur, Check in with almost any general hobby shop. Ask them where local flying clubs gather. There are several hobby shops in our area who are deep into R/C. The vast array of equipment is startling. My neighbor has his own R/C business with battery, piston and jet powered planes. He sees model train R/C control as a rather basic & simple application. His models admittedly only go forward however they also have to move left, right, up and down and then safely land.
We are concerned when we dent a model after a 42" fall, flyers have total destruction when one of their models dive straight in to the ground at high speed from maybe a hundred feet or so. All in all ours is a rather timid game.
