RC Flying Network

Unfortunately a lot of people don't know RCFN exists because some forum sites (such as RCU) don't allow other sites to be mentioned. They want to be the only game in town.

I no longer hang out at RCU. I visit

Torqueroll.com (which I run) RCFlying.net this newsgroup and occasionally RCGroups.com

all of which run the same software as the old RCU and are much easier to use and navigate in my opinion, but thats just my preference.

Kevin

================================== Never heard of RCFN. What is the URL?

RCU still works for me. Since I do not post advertisements or do auctions, RCU is totally free to me. Based on the number of new posts, I doubt they've had the mass exodus predicted in this group.

I look at rcgroups.com but so far there are fewer posts there that I'm interested in than on RCU.

Carrell

I don't look for the site with the most post count or highest member count. I look for quality, not quantity. If you are just looking to read mass quantities of words with little more relevance to the hobby besides trying to utilize words such as "Grandma" and "Shoelaces" in a 13 word sentence that is RC related, you may have found the right place. Yes, there is some useful information there but, you need to sift through the heaps of garbage to find it. There seems to be too many people trying to boost their post count rather than modelers sharing information. Think about it.... Those with the post counts in the thousands can't have to much time to fly or build... can they? Far to many people visiting these boards tend to feel that advice from a person with large posting counts is credible. I find that people who post specific information about an item are far more helpful. If all you want to do is chat - 60,000 members can fill that bill.

Personally, I won't support RCU since Admin referred to most all the users there as LEECHES.

Marc's definition of the RCU Leech:

"those who drain the sites resources which require money to provide but don't pay anything for those resources" and on the flip side we have "those who also drain the sites resources but pay a small amount to cover what they drain out of it"

What category do you fit in?

Marc's definition of the RCU Leech:

"those who drain the sites resources which require money to provide but don't pay anything for those resources" and on the flip side we have "those who also drain the sites resources but pay a small amount to cover what they drain out of it"

What category do you fit in?

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I'm one of "those who drain the sites resources which require money to provide but don't pay anything for those resources". I will not pay for the info from any of the online forums. That's why they have advertisements on the pages.

However, if I were running classified ads or doing auctions, I'd expect to have to pay something. The Dallas Morning News is full of advertisements, but they charge individuals for placing classified ads.

Even though I will not pay money to read the forums, I will contribute info to any of them if I think I have anything to add. I'm registered with cru and rcgroups; and have looked at torqueroll. I bookmarked rcfn but have not looked at it yet. If any of them start asking me for money, I delete the bookmark and move on.

I really do not pay attention to a person's post count when I read the forums. I try to look at the info and decide if it is applicable to what I'm doing. I'm pretty new to RC, but like to think I'm not a total idiot when it comes to analyzing info that is presented to me.

This newsgroup, and the forums, are not the holy grail as far as I can tell. If they all go away tonight, I'll still take my plane to the field Saturday and have a really good time.

If I cannot post a question to one of the forums, or the newsgroup, I'll just ask someone at the field or the LHS. When I do pick up info here or in one of the forums, I might still ask at the field or LHS to validate the info or to clarify my understanding.

Carrell