| AMA has declared that the average age of AMA membrs in 57.5. So | what's different on the other side of the pond?
I don't know about things over there, but over here, there's a big difference in age between the different variations of R/C flying ...
For example, the people flying glow/gas models tend to be older, especially if they're doing scale models or warbirds.
People flying electrics tend to be younger. Same goes for people who fly park fliers, gliders and especially slope planes and helicopters.
Of course, the former group has higher AMA membership percentages than the latter groups, so I'd guess that the average age of US R/C modelers to be somewhat younger than that of the average AMA member.
Also older people tend to be more into joining clubs and organizations than younger people. It's just the way of things.
And then there's things like free flight and control line, which aren't nearly as popular as R/C, but they are still given considerable space in the AMA magazine. And the people who do these things tend to be older than average as well, as they often got into it back when R/C wasn't even really a viable option.
Note that these are all averages and tendencies -- they are certainly young people flying glow powered scale warbirds, and old people flying slope planes.
So, overall, I'd say that the average modeler that you see in the AMA magazine is a good deal older than the average modeler that you'd see out flying his plane somewhere.
If you get a magazine like `Backyard Flier' or `SE Modeler' and compare the people you see in it, they're a good deal younger than what you see in the AMA magazine.