(edit) sorry fixed the poll - had to delete thread (/edit)

Curious to know members ages, I think we're all a little older than we let on, lol..

48 here    been into rc since a kid, still remember that first rush of using NiCd over drycells, oooooh the torque!

(16-May-2024, 03:04 PM)ph2t Wrote: (edit) sorry fixed the poll - had to delete thread (/edit)

Curious to know members ages, I think we're all a little older than we let on, lol..

48 here    been into rc since a kid, still remember that first rush of using NiCd over drycells, oooooh the torque!

69 here and I have been flying RC since I was 13.

48 and flying for two years, but did have a toy drone at some point some years back. Someone gave me two helicopters and I know nothing about helicopters, they are still sat in a flight case in my garage. I then bought a Meteor85, Jumper T-Pro and a set of VR02's. Maybe 10 builds later, still flying and building.

64 here.

I got my first quad in 2018, a Mavic 2 Pro when it first came out. I could not wait to fly it and was kind of let down that you don't really fly it, you just tell it what to do... The other downer was that I got it to use in photography and after getting it I found out it isn't allowed most of the places I wanted to use it. But, if it wasn't for it, I never would have stumbled across FPV where I have contracted the addiction.


About half a year later, I saw my first FPV video and was totally amazed (JohnnyFPV - The Sky Is Not The Limit). 
Thus my journey began...

Just for grins, here is my first attempt at a fpv quad (if I remember right it was too heavy to take off).

18 votes so far, cool. Let's try and get to thirty so I can start making some sweeping generalisations!

Only old fogies hang out on forums and Facebook. Generation Z and Gen Alpha won't be seen dead on those platforms. They spend their time on TikTok and Discord instead with all the other cool kids 

So you are probably going to end up with skewed results by just asking on here, but the bottom line is that it generally seems to be mostly middle-age to retirement age blokes, and kids with rich parents who can afford to be in this money pit of a hobby

The oldest member on here that I know of was keyboard kid who was in his 80's, but he's not logged into the forum since July last year so I hope he's still OK.

Anyway, I've just bumped your post back to the top of the list to try and get you a bit more participation

Discord does have huge participation and a younger audience, unfortunately it's just not formatted as well as a forum like this for reference information.

(17-May-2024, 03:30 PM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: Only old fogies hang out on forums and Facebook. Generation Z and Gen Alpha won't be seen dead on those platforms. They spend their time on TikTok and Discord instead with all the other cool kids 

Thank god.  We don't want those numps in here.  Half of them can't work out how to switch a light on or open a door.  IQ levels plummeted in the last two generations and the world turned into this cotton wool coated, piss take version of how it should be, largely due to the last two generations.

(17-May-2024, 09:27 AM)ph2t Wrote: 18 votes so far, cool.  Let's try and get to thirty so I can start making some sweeping generalisations!

I already see a bell curve emerging.

(17-May-2024, 06:22 PM)Pathfinder075 Wrote: Thank god.  We don't want those numps in here.  Half of them can't work out how to switch a light on or open a door.  IQ levels plummeted in the last two generations and the world turned into this cotton wool coated, piss take version of how it should be, largely due to the last two generations.

Us younger folks might not be able to switch on lights, but we take to the sticks like we were born with em. As for society's collapse, the place already didn't seem so great when I showed up, and I'm 35. I'm sure someday I'll look back with rose colored glasses at my generation and will berate the younger ones, but for now it seems pretty obvious that people are all individuals that can't be grouped quite so readily. Glad to have you older folks to help teach us, but don't forget that at one point you knew nothing at all. Everything has to be learned.

(17-May-2024, 07:02 PM)FPVme Wrote: Us younger folks might not be able to switch on lights, but we take to the sticks like we were born with em.  As for society's collapse, the place already didn't seem so great when I showed up, and I'm 35.  I'm sure someday I'll look back with rose colored glasses at my generation and will berate the younger ones, but for now it seems pretty obvious that people are all individuals that can't be grouped quite so readily.  Glad to have you older folks to help teach us, but don't forget that at one point you knew nothing at all.  Everything has to be learned.

At 35, you are not Gen Z, Y maybe.  Also 35 is very middle ground, neither young nor old.

My response was slightly tongue in cheek, but I also don't really approve of kids nowadays.  Common sense seems to have gone out the window for the most part.  They do stuff that no one in their right mind would do.  They seem to blame everything on everyone but themselves.

Anyway, the way things seem to be going, maybe we end up with the big reset in the near future.  It's sure looking more and more likely.

Gen Z(oomers) were born from 1997 to 2012, then it is Gen Alpha from 2012 to date. FPVme is a Millennial which is what preceded Gen Z (1981-1996)

(We're the worst of them)

(17-May-2024, 08:10 PM)FPVme Wrote: (We're the worst of them)

Nope, you are nowhere near Z and Alpha.  The latest lot are the most moany, depressing set of people I've ever known.  Everything that goes wrong is not their fault.  They say the latest generation suffers the most from mental health issues and I agree.  We seem to have more narcissists and sociopaths in this last generation.  Everything is me, me, me.  Nothing is their fault.  No one wants to take responsibility for anything.  They don't seem to realise being a citizen of a country comes with responsibilities as well as rights.

Anyway this thread is not good for me. I'm liable to say something bad at some point.

Haha, yeah I bet the survey was just put here as bait to reel in those of us that can't resist a good online squabble over things we can't solve