We have a new name - "Non- R/C"

[Paul Smith]

"Control Line, C/L, U-Control" has been renamed by Tower Hobby.

Stuff without throttles is now known as "Non-R/C".

We obviously can't beat 'em so we might as well join 'em.  It's time to rename this forum and all of our contest flyers with our new name Non-R/C.

I can already visulize a batch of shirts for the F2 Team.

[john e. holliday]

I used to razz Ken Wilson of Wilson's Hobby before he left this world about nothing in the shop for control line.  He then stated, "Look at the package, it says R/C".  I said yes it does, that means radio control and he corrected me in that he said it meant "REAL CONTROL".  Him and his boys started with control line.  When he left us they were all playing with the 1/4 scale sprint cars.  Have fun,  DOC Holliday

[GEOFFREY]

My brother lives for R/C. I call it a large screen VIDIO in the sky .Try the U/C stunt pattern on a monitor

[Paul Smith]

I guess Control Line has gone the way of tetraethyl lead.

Years ago, my daughter asked me why every gas station has sighns that say "unleaded gas".  She had a good question, since leaded gas was banned in 1975.    Thus far, gas station owners have been wasting  eight letters of signage for 32 years with no end in sight.   When say "unleaded" nobody sells gas with lead in it?

Same-same R/C models!  Radio Control = 12 letters of wasted signage for 99.5% of the modeling world. 

But we still fly "Non-R/C".   So let's get in step with Tower and use our new name.

[Phil Coopy]

Maybe we could go for M/C...manual control....

Phil

[Steve Helmick]

D/C would be better. Direct Control. Let the 'lectric boys get a new name for themselves.  Steve

[Keith Spriggs]

Do you now have to use a Non RC engine for carrier?

[Paul Smith]

Actually, you use a "regular engine" in Navy Carrier and CL Scale. 

You use "non-R/C" engines for other non-R/C events.

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What occured to me is the similarity of format to how some religions refer to themselves and the the rest of the world :  "Ours (the ones who are correct) and non-fill-in-the-blank (everybody else).

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We should adopt the GIECO cavemen as our mascots.  Like them, we are thought to be extinct.

[Larry Renger]

Hey, get with the current aerospace jargon.  We "fly by wire"!

[George]

I wonder what the new name is for free flight?

George

[Andrew Borgogna]

"I wonder what the new name is for free flight?"

Well how about "Uncontrolled flying"?
Andy

[John Paris]

Andy,
That is an R/C term to be sure.  Generally accompanied by "I ain't got it!".
John

[Andrew Borgogna]

John
Can't argue with that, it was a temporary flash back to my days "on the dark side". 
Andy

[Alan Hahn]

I can think of a lot worse things to be called! I don't really care--I am just glad Tower is carrying non-rc stuff.

[Leo Mehl]

"Control Line, C/L, U-Control" has been renamed by Tower Hobby.

Stuff without throttles is now known as "Non-R/C".

We obviously can't beat 'em so we might as well join 'em.  It's time to rename this forum and all of our contest flyers with our new name Non-R/C.

I can already visulize a batch of shirts for the F2 Team.

They also call engines that were once controline as non trottled engines.What ever happenned to the word recognition. Everything moves to the thing called money.

[Paul Smith]

"I wonder what the new name is for free flight?"

Well how about "Uncontrolled flying"?
Andy

Obviously, the new name for Free Flight is "non-R/C", just like all non-R/C.

[Keith Spriggs]

Non RC and the Other Black Arts

Actually there is something that irritates me about the expression "Non RC". I can't exactly put my finger on it, but it is like anything other than RC is not worthy of having it's own name. I have no beef with the Non Control Line fliers. To paraphrase  the old cliché  "Some of my best friends are Non Control Line fliers".I even have been known to take a walk on the dark side.

To quote Dennis Miller, "Just my opinion, I could be wrong".