The cutting edge of this hobby seems to be in FPV, aerial video, home made drones, telemetry, etc. So, what is the next innovation? Materials? Powerplants? "Intelligent" aircraft? What do you think? Where do we go from here?
Batteries, I think they'll keep improving, getting lighter, more powerful, and longer flight times, to the point no one will even consider flying fuel anymore.
FPV is really cool - it adds a new dimension and many times I think it is plain boring just flying "regular" RC around the field.
//UndCon
Glow has almost already been replaced by gas...as gas engines get smaller and cheaper...bye-bye glow and your $30/gal fuel prices!I agree, but at the same time I hope that there will always be fuel models. Electrics are great but they will never replace either the glow fuel or gas models. I do see advances in gas engines possibly making glow fuel obsolete. Still, scale modelers will always want to hear the roar of the engines. I know I enjoy it.
I think flying with other people is what keeps it interesting. You're always going to get bored once something gets easy, whether that's speed, aerobatics, gas, helis, amphibious, FPV etc.
Yeah, most commonly a 15cc gas engine is about as small as they come so far, 15cc = .90I noticed that almost anything over about a .90 is a gas motor now. All the big IMAC planes are running gas. I'm looking at converting some smaller planes as well now that they are making smaller gas engines.
Not to mention CAUSING your friend's greatest crash (under the right circumstances)!
Couldn't have said it better. From staging friendly competitions to having a witness to your greatest crash, it's always better with friends.