10 RC Pilots You WILL Meet
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We all fit stereotypes to one degree or another, but it’s important not to paint everyone with the same brush. Don’t send any hate to the types of people we mentioned in this video because they’re the same as you and I. You never know when someone’s just having a bad day.
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Happy Landings! Fly outside the box. 📦✈ - Розваги
If U don't like my GLO planes Go F your self Bro
😂😂😅😅glow is still fun
@@D-Slowpass Fun and it sounds Like a Plane not mosquito. My Apologies to a great British Airplane.
Pin of shame
Or
Honour?
@@D-Slowpass and noisy!
@@shearthrust8542 both. From what I can see, nobody here is taking themselves all too seriously 😉
Rule 1 is to never, ever take yourself too seriously. Have fun !
100% - at the end of the day, we’re all just having fun flying toy airplanes. Never forget that. 🥲As we mentioned in the video, we all fit stereotypes to one degree or another, but it’s important not to paint everyone with the same brush. Don’t send any hate to the types of people we mentioned in this video because they’re the same as you and I. You never know when someone’s just having a bad day.
Yes!!!!!!
Spot on.
Nailed It...
Amen!!!! This is a hobby involving MODEL planes!!!!! If you wanna be serious then get your license and fly REAL planes. Lofl.....if you seen my dumthums on the sticks you would very quickly realize why I dont fly real planes.
Gate keepers were the main reason I stayed away from joining a field for most of my life. Finally joined one a few months ago and its been a really fantastic experience
"Legislature's will feel like they've made a difference while they've only hurt the ones that actually cared"
I'd say that's pretty accurate about everything they do 🤣
Check out the new rules for remote controlled air vehicles in Canada, could lead to a lot of folks leaving the hobby, all because of the irresponsible (don't give a f@#k types) people.
Right on. Back in the 70’s when I was learning to fly helicopters,the fixed wing Guys complained of us hogging the field. This was no gyro days and hard. Today the hovering airplanes hog the field and there’s difficulty trying to get a forward flight of anything in. I can relate. Great job. I’ve passed it on.
Thanks, Dave! Means a lot! 💙
It almost feels like a versus community now airplane guys tend to dislike the heli group.
It's kind of funny in a way I'll usually stay a day after an event just so I have more time to pack I'll hop out of my tent throw a pack in my heli just to get yelled at because the airplane guys decided he wanted to get out and fly when I waited so patiently. there's good and bad in both but like tail heavy said don't take it too seriously we're all here to have fun
@@a100nick Yep. I am not just a heli pilot. I started with airplanes, so we just fly when we can and try to stay out of everybody's way. 😇
i was a passionate kid doing helicopters in a place full of fixed wings
hmm i wonder why i was pushed out of the hobby
Hovering planes look dope and helicopters do too
I learned something today
Hello again
hi groundpound96
Hi
Facts
Hot air balloon 320mph
Dammmmm you hit the nail on the head here. I am a relatively new flyer, with only 4 months experience and 67 years old. The club I joined is filled with people you described. Found a non club field and it is great. No pressure, no one judging you, no one talking down to you!!! Me and my flying buddy help each other and learn from each other, way better than the club Nazi's.
I hate flying clubs it's a pain. 🤣
You know I’m a rouge pilot myself but mostly because it’s cheaper without membership fees and such the clubs I did visit had open minded people with positive attitudes who generally want to help
Guy's I DO hear you.... Not all Clubs are that way... But I have been to "Too Many" that were... Sounds like you found your Happy Place... Go for it...
Love it, I'm also 67 been flying only since Feb this year. I was talking with someone from a local club I was thinking of joining. I didn't like the distance and parameters.
I found an old abandoned foundation that I can use to land and take off of. I'm learning to fly on my own without pressure, so much more fun, check my channel, thanks for sharing.
@@georgecain22 right, there was a guy who I was talking to at a local club, but I can drive 2 minutes to a field with an abandoned foundation that I use as my air craft carrier! Once I've hit all obstacles and dropped the plane into a ditch, fun and no fees 😂
I am all of the above and more :-)
Your a legend mate! your vid’s are tops too!
This was a brutal socio-analysis of the R/C population, and I loved it !
As someone who grew up in the hobby during the early 90s I can say that I have witnessed all the traits you describe. When I was doing things with a model aeroplane at the age of eight that most men in the club couldn’t do, you get a bit of negativity from them. Now I’m now in my 30s and still love flying. The key is fly safe and have fun, they’re big kid toys at the end of the day.
I used to belong to a club in the mid 90s in North Texas. There was a 14yo kid there who was truly gifted on the sticks. His dad said that he was flying solo at the age of 8 after just one lesson. He took to it like a duck to water. To this day, that kid is still the most gifted RC fixed with pilot I have ever seen. He could fly with such accuracy it was incredible. Everyone respected him greatly, and if he gave anyone at the field any advice, they always listened. Even the really old timers.
When I first joined the club I showed up at the field one day with a brand new plane. It was my second plane. I could fly, but was still very green, and hadn't flown in a couple of years. He went over my plane and made a few minor adjustments, then maidened and trimmed it. Then he buddy boxed with me because I was nervous I would crash it. He gave me a lot of pointers and had me flying solo confidently by the end of the day. Good times...
This all day.
Then you genuinely laughed during this video. Same here lol started in the 90’s still am at 36
@@chainbenwa2713 I most certainly did. This video really captures the different categories of club members. I am English so to watch a video done by Americans it shows that these traits follow suit all over the world. Modellers ah, what are we like! 😂
@@ctvxl So what is this guys name. Where is he now? Is he famous?
As an ex state CFI for over 10 years in Australia, I have to say that no club member should ever shout at anyone else, in particular newcomers!
Kindness, respect and offering advice when appropriate, improves the pilot in questions ability and confidence whereas an aggressive approach achieves nothing but negative results.
Shouting at someone you don't know might be courting a bloody nose.
I genuinely love you guys haha. This hobby, above everything, Is to have fun. I feel like more and more people forget that.
As a 19-year old who's been in the hobby for 14 years now; i could think of a person for every single type you've listed. The first thing i've learned is to listen and learn from those who also listen to you and ask for your oppinion. I've met plenty of older dudes thinking they're better pilots but didn't want to prove it to me after i've flown and show what i could do. Of course the hobby isn't about being the best but about having fun but shutting someone up purely by burning 1 pack feels great! Anyway, great video!
Hate to be that guy,but you started flying planes when you were 5!
@@wadcee1969 Yes! I share the hobby with my dad and began on aerofly and got my first plane for christmas. I learned with a funcub and then went over to a twinstar, both from multiplex. Even now i still have loads of fun with the twinstar!
@@fpvsd that is so awesome
I can't imagine going to school and bragging to all your friends 😅😅😅
@@wadcee1969 not a single one of my friends care, so there's no bragging to be done but still, i love the hobby and idc what they think or say about it 😅
Well @FPV SD it was nice chatting with you 🙂🙂
It’s these types of people that keep me away from clubs and events. I fly in a vacuum because of it. You nailed every one of them!
Good video. You hit the nail on the head for why so many in the hobby dont fly with clubs. Keep up the videos :)
I went to the local 'club' awhile back. I (& my buddy I went with, who was a member), we both felt extremely UNwelcome. I fly bi-weekly with 4 others, & Saturday with up to 15. We are like family.
Thanks! Always remember that not everyone or every club fits these stereotypes. Sometimes it just takes visiting a few until you find the good ones. There are some great ones and people out there in our hobby. 👍
This video really hit home. I don’t have anyone to fly with where I live and the clubs are all stuck up older gentlemen who only fly patterns and are strict about everything you do. So I just go fly at a field by myself.
It's definitely a bummer that some flying clubs have that culture. It sometimes takes trying a few different ones to find one that is more laid back. We got lucky with our last two clubs thankfully. Worst case - park flying is always a fun option as well, as you said.
I always love looking down the flight line. You can always tell who's plane has a problem. You can't see the plane between the 5 guys crowding around it trying to help. Half the time their help is actually what makes it start working.
You forgot the person, who buys a plane far to expensive and builds it, never flies it because they like to look at it and are afraid to crash it. OH Wait thats me.
I have never, ever felt so attacked
An excellent analogy for the AMA club experience. Especially the FAA wannabes and the Club police. I have been building and flying since the 1960s and I avoided flying clubs for those exact reasons. Back then we had to worry about crossing frequencies and shooting each other down. It was always better to get a bunch of friends, find a big field, and try to chase each other around.
Love it... The exact reason I've been flying for over 35 years and have never flown at a RC field even though they have always been closer than where I went to fly... Now i have my own field here on the homestead i bought my property based on flying and the reason I bought a snow plow for my side by side great way to plow a runway on wet dirt.. Never needed the snow plow for snow i drive a dam hummer..
No joke! Too funny too true. Especially with the old geezer who’s life mission is to tell you that your doing it wrong!
About 15 years ago I quit the hobby and took up ham radio. Ham radio is also full of grumps, but now I can just turn the dial to get away from them. Now it's amazing...I can spend countless hours with my hobby and never be told I'm doing it wrong.
0:28 a while ago I commented about this manouver on some other video and boy, I still can't get over how awesome that figure is
Nice one!
I started flying in a corn field, 30 years ago, with other 2 friends . We use to fly super cheap self built 1m planes, 1cc engine, no rules. I went once to an official rc plane field and I got so many rules and warnings, that I return flying to the corn fields.
Wow this video is too real. After 6 years of park flying, I decided to join an airfield, I encountered nothing but old men yelling at me. No wonder this is a dying hobby.
You forgot yEs BuT iS iT sCaLe?
I never have that issue because there is no rc fields where I live and I am yet to see anyone but me flying rc planes in my area.
I’m only a year into the hobby and trying to learn from the internet and channels like yours so thanks for the heads up in case I ever do fly in a club setting. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
No problem! Just remember not to *avoid* clubs but to rather find one that fits your mission. There are plenty of awesome people and clubs out there. Just gotta find them.
Youre absolutely right, these kinds of people are the reason, why I only once went to a flying sight in my six year long rc carrier. Love ur channel and style of videos please keep going like this.
Im fortunate enough to be in an aircraft club that is very accommodating to all ages, flying styles and aircraft. We did have a few that thought the were an authority on the hobby, but fortunately they're not part of the club any more.
What a great funny video as always guys! I am that passionate kid in the hobby and luckily I’ve never received ONE complaint from an older person about how/where I’m flying thank goodness. My neighbors love it when I fly! Well, there was only one instant where I was flying my UMX Ultrix at a soccer field and this guy said he was getting nervous because I was flying too closely. I apologized and moved over some but he STILL CONSTANTLY was watching my plane. 😂 That itty bitty Ultrix haha. I’ve got myself multiple times with it and had my finger in those prop blades at full throttle before. Yeah it might hurt for a second but definitely didn’t cut me open. A bigger plane, yes for sure it would! Definitely still gotta be careful but sometimes people take it too far! Thanks!
This video may have single handedly convinced me to get back into RC
WHY DID YOU EVER LEAVE
@@GENESUTUBE69cause of people like this
You guys should buy the omphobby bighorn, because I think it would really fit your guy's flying style
I was blown away how well it flies. Put a bigger esc, run 4s in it, and its becomes a timber x on crack.
and the funcub ng
We reached out to OMP a few weeks ago, never heard back unfortunately. 🥲
@@TailHeavyProductions ooh that's bad
Maybe try again because I really want to see a review from you guys on that plane
@@TailHeavyProductions aww that's sad, did see your comment on the funcub ng multiplex video though, hope to see a review on it soon!
It's killing me how much this applies to other hobbies as well.
Don't forget "the talker", the one who if you make eye contact with him you'll be standing there talking until after dark.
We addressed them in this video as “Nod”.
Been flying, floating and driving all things R/C for 50 years!! Thanks for a wonderful hobby Nikola Tesla. This is SOOOOO funny and VERY accurate. At one point or another I was depicted multiple times!!!! My message to all is - Have fun pursuing all things R/C....and always remember that the "other guy" is just doing the same thing.
Love it. Everything you mentioned here is exactly why I dont go to AMA fields. My soccer field works great lol. Keep it up fellas. Also what flite test video was that?
3D pilot here and loved the video 😂😂😂, keep up the good work!
Great work guys! My favorite was the kamikaze pilot and especially the the scenes showing models heading into the pits areas 😂😂😂
Recent subscriber, I anticipate these video’s. The informative fun rc/flight content is fantastic.
U really hit the NAIL on the HEAD. I could give REAL NAMES to every one of the 10.. I am even mentioned as several.
Love your videos. 45 yrs into this hobby and I still look for the “FUN” in it everyday. It needs to be more fun for a lot of people. Our club has at least two of every stereotype.
This video should be shown at EVERY club - mandatory!
Great video!! Having been one of the first guys to ever fly FPV at my club 10 years ago, I have heard all the unfounded critical comments and deployment of idiotic rules to try to discourage my activity. My moto is we are all out here to have fun and be safe. Who cares about the rest. Thanks for sharing!
From the first day I showed up with my Carbon Cub S2 trainer people were going on and on about how I should fly gas planes even when I'm just barely learning. And also complaining about how Spektrum is the worst thing ever. Meanwhile, I can get two flights in while they're just standing around thinking about maybe flying their planes and futzing with the engine, which sometimes doesn't even work.
Guilty as charged on Spektrum lol, I’m a FrSky pilot. but hey, you’re the pilot, you can fly on whatever the heck you want in the end.
@@SharphandXeno I guess a lot is what you started with. Safe and all that was what let me learn how to fly on my own and the company's given me the best customer service I've ever had, replacing things when stuff goes wrong, so I'm pretty loyal now. It's also been nice to have batteries just work after reading all those horror stories from a few years ago about everything lighting on fire. But I just want to have fun, don't need to have the absolute best servos just for bragging rights or whatever, and I'm not good enough yet to need to push the limits.
@@joegroves2517 hmm? Not quite sure what you mean with that first part, but I agree, the SAFE, AS3X and now smart batteries/chargers from Horizon are game changers that made it really easy for newbies to get into the hobby.
@@SharphandXeno Just that once we learn to use and get used to one system we probably are inclined to stick with it.
@@joegroves2517 Ah, I see. That is pretty true!
Well. This is now my favorite RC channel. I was following on insta for ages in the short form, thisnis gold.
Thank you! UA-cam is our primary platform, glad to have you here! 😁👍
Oh man you nailed it! During my RC career this has been the biggest turn-off for me going to the ama fields.
Awesome, well done again guys! Get in where you fit in I say! Thanks for the great content.
Good thing I'm not flying at a club, been around one at my beginning with rc planes and I recognize most of the stereotypes, even if I didn't hang around there much.
Was curious if I fit in any of these, probably kamikaze is most fitting 😀
Great video as always guys!
This channel just gets better and better, keep up the good work!!!
Brilliant Video, you really hit the spot with alot of these and topics like the legislators effectively only making it harder for those who care and not those who just do whatever they want
Dude this channel is straight flames all you peeps making such fire content love it!
We're a very small club in rural North Central PA. Because of this each of us pilots must, on any given day, assume 3-4 of these traits. 😊
Bwwaaaahhhh!!!! Share the load.... Great Reply...
Good video... I started out as the 3D guy, and fit that description pretty well! Lol, though I've since found myself transitioning into the scale flyer guy 'not represented here unfortunately'... in which there is no such thing as too much detail, even if it adds a tone of weight and makes the plane fly like crap... also, trying to match full-scale roll rates and turn radius characteristics in the model's scale.
LOL All I can say is, my local club/field is Marymoor, and I visited it twice and helped set things up for 'new pilot day' and sat around with the members to see if I wanted to join, and I saw nearly all of your 'stereotypes', particularly the negative ones which is why two years later I am still only flying on my farm and awful at it.
Marymoor's not all bad! Give us another shot on a Sunday morning sometime :)
Sunday mornings at Marymoor are the best! That was our childhood. Bryan and the kiddos all just enjoying the hobby how it’s meant to be enjoyed. 💙
Great videos. In 42+ yrs in the hobby I’ve every single type of pilot in your videos. “Old, field of depth guy”. After he flies right over the pits twice he lands in the pilot station. Then says”I’m having trouble with my sight and depth perception.
This is the best video on UA-cam to date 😂😂😂. Love it you guys are the best. BTW my son and I are classified as the 3D class hahahaha he’s always goin nuts with the throttle stick
Like i just clicked on random vid, but sounds like this man had his feeling hurt a little bit and now venting on everyone that comes across this vidja
I had a good laugh at this! Thanks! :D
SPOT ON !!!.....You guys are beyond you're years ...TY for posting another great video.
I’ve never flown club, mostly just parks or blasting around over my neighbors fields (they’re fine with it.) I will say I’m one of those guys who doesn’t strictly maintain line of sight and/or sometimes hop into general aviation airspace when no one is using it. Every time I look at the FAA website and see that I need to go through a whole new process to legally fly is the start of a bad day for me. Now that you’re thinking I’m probably flying 50 miles away and 10,000 feet I will say that I have a personal maximum of 800 that I rare like go to and I will try to maintain visual contact, mostly with my drones as those are screens, my planes are a different story because I can’t take my eyes off of what I’m doing and those are rigged to goggles. The only time I’ve flown in a club like setting is when the fite fest West happened and that’s the first time I’ve flown an airplane FPV and not ended my day with a crashed plane.
Cudoz for calling out Horizon cultists. Seems every foam plane they bring out is snatched up and given rave reviews by the faithful. I bought an eflite, and b4 the 1st launch had to fix a broken aileron hinge. A $180 airplane should not have to be repaired b4 the first flight. I'm done with foam. My next plane will b a PA balsa. And BTW, I fly on private land, so the only a hole l deal with is myself.
You boys killed it in this vid🤣
Hahaha! The 3d pilots comment!👍😁 sadly, I stand LIKE THAT, but only when everything is working perfectly!😳🤷♂️🤪
Very entertaining video! Of course you can find disagreeable stereotypes in any gathering of three or more people. Challenge for me is to realize when it's me.
Had an experience while maidening a P-51 35cc Mustang. We had two fields and right angles to each other but one faced the Sun so after I got the plane in the air I turned 90° to face away from the sun. I was no longer standing directly in front of the flight station now, so the president of the club came over picked up the flight station and moved it in front of me. I told him I'll be landing shortly using the runway I took off from, would he come back and move the flight station back from me when I land. Now that's the kind of adherence to rules that would have made Henrich Himmler proud.
Brilliant and spot on. Thanks for the laughs.
Same types of people using different terms in EVERY hobby, well maybe not matchbook collecing. Loved the video.
Dang whipper-snappers wit the foamys....back in my day, the late Triassic....
As a board member and a wanna be 3D - former Glow pilot, I feet attacked! Brilliant video, BTW. 🤣
I'm a pattern flier. But only because the FAA, the Tower, and Approach, get really pissy when you try to randomly hover over the airfield. Rescue isn't a fan of it either but they get to play with their hoses so they let it slide.
Used to fly at a field where a guy would always say. "Whatcha need to do" I never went back!
you forgot the 80/20 rule. The old guys are probably also funding the club and doing the needed maintenance at an 80% ratio even though they are 20% of the club.
Eh, they're more like 80% of my club, but they're all friendly folks.
Hahaha I love this , you guys are GOLD!
So funny 😂 love the commentary. A job well done
🤣🤣 I’m dyin! You earned a subscriber good sir!
Funny! Touched ‘em all. 😂👍🏻
Fun vid! Here's one for you, I was legit run out of a club back in San Diego simply because I was flying and filming there for my UA-cam channel. Run out for promoting the hobby, priceless, haha!
The iRoNy...that sucks. Hopefully we can fly together sometime soon! Love your builds.
Great video mate, I live in EU and I have to say - as much as I despise putting labels on people - we met the same people YAY! But I have met someone who is more kind of a yeti and was not listed above , the DUCT TAPE guy. Those who try to fix a broken propeller with duct tape , yes , they're rare but do exist.
I fly alone .
I'm not interested in joining a club for these exact reasons .
And its not just RC , many other disciplines have similar groups or types that seem intent on taking the fun out of everything .
I belong to 2 clubs, that fly everything. Thankfully it's a good group of guys and a relaxed and helpful atmosphere.
I'm terribly guilty of being the "glow guy" you mentioned and I'm not even old yet. Well, spiritually. Lol. You did forget one category here, The Hoarders. the guys with 100+ planes in storage, and flies the same two horizon BNFs every Sunday
I'm glad I found these videos and comments. I'm new to the hobby of about 4 months now and there is a local RC club/field about 4 miles from where I live (very convenient) ....never knew it was there. I stopped by there one day during the week while out on a rip on the bike, met a couple guys that was there, and they gave me the low down on requirements etc....they seemed like good ole boys and I was thinking about joining....not so much now. I'll keep going to the 2 schools and the ballfield I found, I hit the ballfield during the week and the schools on the weekend while kids are gone and the place is huge, you could probably fit 6-7 football fields inside the flying area and now I met the guy with a farm next door that has 40 acres, he told me if I ever get run off at the school just come over to his farm and have at it. I don't do drama so them flying clubs can have it, I like the quiet, peaceful, being outdoors, sun on my face, fresh air, no mouth, nobody bitching, no rules, out of the house and watching the graceful flight of my plane against the sunset backdrop ALL BY MYSELF....well, unless my friend shows up. There's not too much flying going on when she gets there.
Love the video, I can relate to at least 2 types of rc pilots. Beside of identifying myself or some folks with this descriptions I feel all rc pilots kind of cicle between all of this types (and I think that it could be more) Just have fun and enjoy the hobby.
Another quality video from one of the best rc channels out there. Great work guys!
Brilliant! Glad to say my club is super chill and we don't have to put up with most of this crap.
Love this video.... Keep up the good work.
Ha! You got me 😂. 90’s glow guy here! 👍
This video is great! good job guys!
Loved this video!
that's why i don't fly in fling fields anymore , we have our own field with no rules and its fun , great job with the videos and keep up the good work .
You nailed it! I was at a club field flying one time...all by myself; nary a sole at the field. I was flying aerobatics over the field when another club who was driving past the field stopped and then proceeded to tell me that I shouldn't be flying aerobatics over the field. Apparently, I was putting him in danger at his house.
Hahaha I have just realised you usef a video from Martin Pickering and he is not the same guy with the beer, he is another good friend called Alex. And great videos guys!! I have probably seen everyone of them like 10 times by now hahaha
good thing you had the classification of 'you will meet' because I'm the type that builds several models, but almost never actually goes out to fly them :p
Haha! I really enjoyed this! I have been into all things RC for over 40yrs. I for sure have seen all of these stereotypes in various forms, and must admit, I have been guilty of some of this behavior myself. I have found that the majority of long time RC enthusiasts tend to be male, and most are quite intelligent people. Many are friendly and will go out of their way to help you if you need it. Donating parts, helping you glue and tape to get one more flight in, etc. But many also have big egos and can be very argumentative sometimes.
As I have gotten older, I have been able to recognize some of my own negative traits in this regard, and really work hard to not be "that guy". I enjoy debating with intelligent people and learning from them when we have a difference of opinion, but if things start to get heated, I try to apologize and walk away. I have found that life is so much easier this way.
Why apologize, just walk away, they do not listen anyway.
You are "That Guy" By that I mean, You are "That Guy" that I LOVE flying with... And yeah I am the "Spare Parts" Guy at our field....
Appreciate your story and the self-reflection you made. It's our hope that videos like this will get people that maybe fit a little *too* much into these stereotypes to take a step back and realize the hobby is meant to be an outlet for fun and meeting awesome people. Always remember not to take it or yourself too seriously.
Here’s one to add to the list: The guy that cannot make it to the field on a nice day but always complains when he’s out there when the weather is crap.
Ive flown RC since about 85' this is solid advice
Gotta love the safety officer, I always leave the prop on while im working on plane, just so I can hear them cry!
"official flying fields" operated by clubs are the R/C equivalent of living in an HOA neighborhood.
spot on!!!! thanks for sharing!!!