And nobody here has taken one of their older planes up in a group fly or played combat with an old Buster? I saw several high dollar engine flame outs and folks trying to make that dreadfull downwind turn when they just didn't have the energy. A couple of reversed ailerons (the first one went slow motion so you could SEE the ailerons going in the wrong way)
What bothers me is when I started flying control line it was after a hiatus from RC flying. I was kinda on the cheep side as I was just starting a family and money was kinda tight. I also had a kickass group of people to play with in the Topeka Control Line Association. But I also was told by many folks in different places "Oh those RC guys they just hold their noses and all ask "When you gonna graduate to RC"". Later I moved to KC and although there are people to fly with we all worked different shifts, were all in different parts of the city and mostly, just to get together it was easier and quicker to drive to Topeka. Well, tired of flying alone I started flying RC again. Wouldn't you know it, soon as they found out I flew Control line they,,,,, asked if I could fine tune their engine. Reminisced about when they were trying to fly it but couldn't stop getting dizzy. Just a whole bunch of positive stuff. I only ever ran into one guy that didn't like that I flew control line and he didn't like that anybody flew anything. One of those old club rule makers that would show up on sunday, maybe bring an airplane out but not fly it and then just gripe about everyone at the field.
In short, the only group I've EVER heard making fun of the other was a bunch of CL snobs. Really is a pity too cuzz if you ever went out and watched, 95% of the time the RC guys are just flying in circles too. Granted, I've never been and more then likely will never be overly good at Pattern, OTS, Scale, Carrier, 3D, Multi Rotors, FF, Combat, Gliders, Rockets, Frisbees, Kites, Sticks and the occasional skipping of stones across the water. But I've played with them all and thoroughly enjoyed the lot. Everyone in the videos shown, a couple might have to wait a bit, would laugh at the "That'll rub out" remark. But saying obnoxious things like "Many R/C ers haven't a clue about flight dynamics." is just arrogance and shows that the only chips on shoulders are ours.
Just always irritated me that when it came to derisiveness, it was coming from my home base and not from the folks that I was told were "the enemy". Maybe somewhere deep in the past a couple folks who had started flying RC primarily were missing their buddies and asked when they were going to come play with them and it was just taken the wrong way, I don't know. But I've never been disrespected because I fly CL. If anything I've gotten undeserved admiration. And a restraining order, but we won't talk about that.
I don't think I'm legally allowed to.