Hope for the hobby shop

[fliers1]

Considering you have been at this for 20+ years without achieving your goals for the project maybe it is time for a new approach.

Got any suggestions? Unless I could use the old Jedi mind trick, there's not much else I could do on my own. I can't get any support from experienced RC pilots who have a problem helping me, you're attitude is a good example of what I've faced for more than 20 years. The OP got it, by saying that I'm trying to help hobby shops and the industry with my hands-on promotion method. It's not rocket science. You could help me by passing my plan on to others including hobby shop owners and industry members. You never answered my question. This is my plan to help with the hobby/sport, what's yours?

 

[SP0NZ]

Got any suggestions?

I posted this in the FTCA thread as well, but it bears repeating here:

Why not post a video of your training technique on YouTube? That would surely reach a much larger audience than asking people to travel to your location to learn it. If you are serious about growing the hobby, and believe that your solution will do it, this is the possibly the easiest approach to getting it out to the masses.

 

[fliers1]

I posted this in the FTCA thread as well, but it bears repeating here:

Why not post a video of your training technique on YouTube? That would surely reach a much larger audience than asking people to travel to your location to learn it. If you are serious about growing the hobby, and believe that your solution will do it, this is the possibly the easiest approach to getting it out to the masses.

Rc Flight instruction without a BuddyBox - YouTube

 

[fliers1]

Rc Flight instruction without a BuddyBox - YouTube

I've posted it several times, but I think it would be best to learn it one-on-one. It might be possible to learn something by watching the video. As you can see, there hasn't been any interest since it was made several years ago. A hobby-related business pays around $1700 a month for full-page color ads in AMA's Model Aviation magazines year after year, and the hobby is still in decline. In contrast, my proactive plan, if used, will guarantee an ROI and the cost would be the price of travel to my flying field for a couple of hours. AMA makes tons of videos and invites the public to come to their facility in Muncie regularly they pay hundreds of thousands for consulting fees and still are losing ground.

!st US RC flight school People come from all over the US to pay the owner $800 for a week of training and he has videos and a lot of written information, that AMA with all of its vast resources has in its magazine and many instructional videos online. That's not counting on room and board, which would add up to around $1200 plus. He's booked up before spring. People have to realize that people come there to just learn to fly, whereas my main plan is to teach RC aeromodelling industry members to learn how to fly and at the same time learn to teach their customers to fly. The quicker they learn to fly a trainer, the quicker they will buy more advanced airplanes. This worked great when I had my hobby shop, so it's not just theory.

 

[fliers1]

 

[bisco]

I can’t do that after four years, but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks

 

[fliers1]

I can’t do that after four years, but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks

I can't do that after 50 years in the hobby/sport. lol

 

[Piotrsko]

Actually you can train an old dog, it's just more time consuming. You also need to convince the dog it wants training. Not cost efficient however. ( Psyche 101)

As I see the problem, this is a high social expense, high effort learning hobby with no visibility and no fanboys posting madly on social media. So 1/10 of 1% of the population is mildly interested. Either raise that number or make it so cheap and easy YOU can do it from social media. Both methods still don't generate potloads of money, it's hard competing with cheap chinese stuff on Amazon or the 'net

There's also a lot to be said for having spare stuff obtained locally when you want things RIGHT NOW. I pay extra for that. Ymmv

 

[tom29]

Trying a new direction might pay off.

 

[fliers1]

Trying a new direction might pay off.

Have you got any new ideas? Which direction would that be? When the membership doesn't want the hobby to grow, there isn't anything anyone can do. How does my means to a solution compare to all of the other means to a solution?

 

[bisco]

don't feel bad, humanity is right behind the hobby