Average age of R/C drivers

[rjb]

I did a search for "average age" and hadn't found anything so I thought I'd post. Has RCCA don a poll on this? If not, what is the average age of the typical R/C driver?

[bubblejunky]

I'm an old man.

[DirtRacinFool]

I'd say I rate as a Old Man too. LOL 40 years old, :eek: and loving every bit of this Fantastic Hobby!!! :D

[rjb]

OK, but everyone is on their way in that direction. I'm gonna be 32 in October myself - almost half way to retirement. Anybody else have an idea or guess? How about in your area?

[B3Tyler]

Thers a lot of kids at my track, im 15. our average would be about 22-32

[BlackWolf]

I'm really old too. I just turned 26 a couple months ago.

[Tiggs1]

I am 29 and the other two guys I race with are over 40. Another buddy of mine that just got into RC is also 29.

[outsider]

I am 25 and my friend who is into it is 27.

[LosiMan3456]

I am 12. I am not the youngest though. There is this kid there who has a JR XR2 and the radio is 2 times the size of his head!!! He is a good driver too. At my track It think it ranges from 8(maybe younger) to 45,50 give or take a few.

[DirtRacinFool]

Ok heres the age range of the people I race with, they range in age from 15 to 52. The group I race with are all Off Roaders, us "older" guys seem to spend more time helping out the "newbies" then racing. But hey, thats what this Hobby is all about. We figure the more we help, the more people we can get interested in this great hobby.

[bullfrog]

im 14 :D

[oso]

I'm 41 and just beggining to live¡ :p :)

[bobo]

13 :o

[TA03 Drive Hard]

Gonna be 28 in Aug 13th... so wish me a b-day fellas lol :D

[tadium54]

happy b-day. 16 offically this week!

[XxTRebeL]

15 and most of my friends are around the same age. We all love R/c!!

Laterz! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Serius Black]

Today is my 27th birthday, my grandpa bought me my first r/c car when I was around four years old, and I've rarely had interest in much else since.
All of my close racing buddies are between 24 and 45. We don't have that many kids at our track on a consistant basis.

[TA03 Drive Hard]

Hey happy b-day tadium :cool: & a happy 27th to you too serius :cool:

[ 08-03-2001: Message edited by: TA03 Drive Hard ]

[maddmaxx]

Hey, I'm 55 do I get a reward?
:rolleyes:

[clancy]

29 and my son is the youngest that races our track at 6 (and has placed in the c mains consistantly) bk lookout!! ;)

[bluesy]

Sorry MaddMaxx.....I'll be 58 this November...and I subscribe to the Peter Pan Syndrome. "I'm never gonna grow up!!" Just got into the RC world about a year and a half ago.. but I sure am enjoying myself. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Hairball]

I'm 22, and the guy I race with is 26.

Been into this about 8 years, and still loving it.

[Lordcalvert]

I am 25 and the "RC Gang" I run with is in the 23 to 27 range. If you want to include RC planes in your survey of drivers, err fliers(??), my grandfather, 76, flies and got me into those too.

[weasel]

Im 27, and been into r/c since I was 13.

[grandmasterofpool]

I'll be 22 in a few weeks here. I'm 10 when I'm driving my r/c's though :D :D :D

"Old woman" " I'm not old I'm 37!" hehe that's the funniest movie ever!

[jeepinator]

Wow, we are a pretty old bunch !

I am suprised by the responses.

I am 32 going on oh, say, 20 or so :p

[E-MAXX]

I'm 13 with information to spare! I love helping people with RC on this BB. I hope to race with my new RC guy that just moved on the block.I smell some competition! :D
Philip S

[trakhak]

Knockin on the door of 40 years old and I still love to play with my cars!! AAhhh, I remember lusting after that new shrink wrapped high tech Tamiya Super Champ.......

[gubbs3]

At my track they are mostly middle aged. Anywhere from 30-50. Then there's me (15) and about two other kids. One kid is 12 and kicks my rear weekly.

[XXXER]

I am 16, and my track has a HUGE variation if the ages of Racers.

BTW; Happy Birthday to Tadium, and Serius! http://www.plauder-smilies.com/birthday.gif http://www.plauder-smilies.com/partytime.gif

[Inferno Runner]

I'll be 32 in Sept. I've been into RC for 20 years. Started with electic on road, then electric off road, now I own three nitro vehicles. Is this a great hobby or what?

[DaLoSiGuYWiTdAxXxNt]

I'm 12 and drive a XXX NT with a CV-R! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[HauntedMyst]

I'm 38. Thank god I'm still young, not like you 40 yr olds....

[TC3Racer]

i'm 15. when i went out to watch the maxxes race at my local track yesterday there where about 3 or 4 guys that had to be over 60. 2 of em' had t-maxxes and knew TONS about them! another one of em' had an HPI RS4 MT. they not only knew tons about there trucks, they where really good drivers!

[JK1]

44 going on 16. Hey HauntedMyst, I'm disappointed, I thought you were the elder statesman around here....... :D

[cck]

I am ONE day older than TA03 Drive Hard.

[BlackWolf]

I guess I'm the 'average' RC'er when it comes to age. (26)

I think this thread would have been better presented in a 'Survey' form like on the homepage of RCCA. (Without the spelling errors of course)

[ 08-04-2001: Message edited by: BlackWolf ]

[william2001]

I'm 28, age varies greatly at the tracks I go to. That's what is cool about RC, it doesn't care how old or young you are. There's fun to be had by all.

[paxil]

I'm 16 man i'm getting old ;)

[Gokou]

I'm 22, and have been messing with "real" R/Cs since I was 6. I'd say most of the crowd out at the track are in their early to mid 30's, with a few younger ones mixed in for good measure-- diversity is good. A few of the older guys race with their younger kids, which is great.

[ 08-04-2001: Message edited by: Gokou ]

[Andrew the RC man]

its 15-30. thats about right. i mean in average.

[sam616g]

I'm 34.

[Smitty]

Im 14 and speaking of young drivers at the track, the was one kid that couldv'e been much older than 8 and was in the modified pan car class and he was whoppin the pance off the "adults" :D

[FilthyPierre]

I'm 40. But I subscribe to the "Filthy Pierre Theory of Aging" which states "You're only as old as the woman you feel". My wife is 34. So that makes me 34 !!!

Haunted Myst, have some respect for your elders, sonny!

I haven't been into RC for that long, but I've been playing with model cars and trying to send things into space since I was about 12, back in the days when a litre of petrol was 19 cents, and safe to play with. But then again, I also remember when S e x was safe and racing was dangerous !
:eek:

[squid]

I'm 35! :eek: Been into the sport for 14 years :D

[Cheyslayer]

I'm 54 and I like peter pan too :cool: :cool:

[ronb]

I'm 40 and enjoying the hobby more than ever!!!! :D

[Jo_bomb17]

once when i was 4, i said to my mom "My feet are tired, i must be gettin old!" LOL :D
Now im a 24 year old fart!LOL :D

[rjb]

BlackWolf, I appologize if the location of my post or my spelling offended you. I do not work for RCCA nor am I a moderator so I have no control over the main RCCA site. Maybe I should have just wrote an email to them. Again, my appolgies if I offended you in any way.

[cjlandry]

I'm 35. The few times I've been to our local outdoor track I've seen mostly people in their 30's and young teens (I think we all know what the older teens are interested in). :D

rjb, I didn't get that blackwolf was offended. I think this would be a great survey question on the main site as well. The results would be more accurate because I'm sure more people go to the main site without coming to the forums.

[1Badpede]

I am 28 years old, man I'm almost 30!!! :eek:

[1FST2M6]

24... been in it for 13 years with my first Blackfoot and Tamiya Avante and still love every minute of breaking my toys!


still miss my kyosho Ultima pro...

[Padra]

I noticed that there's a lot of youngins on this board (by that I mean 13,14). Nice to see people getting into computers at a younger age now (even though I got in at the age of like 10). Oh btw I just turned 17 :).

Padra

[Spinner]

14... (my first pc was a compaq Xp 5 mhz 286 when i was four)

[ammoace]

Well I'm 31 and will be retiring in 7 years from the Air Force. Hmm, 38 and retired sounds good to me. :D :D Bring on the clip-on shades, RV, Hawian shirt and knee high black socks while wearing Burmuda shorts. :p
Jerry

[Car_Head12]

i have yet to start working but im still planning on early retirement! :D :D
CH (13)

[E-MAXX]

Jerry,you sound like my dad when he goes into retirement from the Air Force.
Philip S

[ 08-09-2001: Message edited by: Philip Schoenbein ]

[FastDad2]

I am 36, my 11 year old son races stock class
and my 4 year old daughter runs a Bolink Legend in the local car park.

[rims']

i'm 13

[Nitro_Rustler_15]

I'm 16, been in r/c since i was like 6, but bought my first hobby-class car when I was 14. :D

[E-MAXX]

Jerry! You misspelled Hawaiian :eek: ! You put Hawian! Getting a little sleepy on the job eh? :D
Philip S

[Railman]

I guess I need to check in too. I'm 49, going on 20...well maybe 40! Good to hear from all the old, experienced, wise, & well travelled senior racers!

[ 08-09-2001: Message edited by: Railman ]

[Kas_Finally]

I am 18.

[Cragar]

31.....will be 32 in October! :cool: I just got into R/C December of 2000. First race will be this Saturday. Looking forwrd to it!! :)

Cragar :cool:

[tike]

Heres me thinking that at 26 I was too old to be playing with "toy cars". I like online games as well and eveyone there seems to be older than you would think. Next time my girlfriend takes the p*** I'll show her this site.

[SKYNFAN]

I'm 40, and rememeber, the one who dies with the most toys (boy are these "toys" expensive!) wins:D

Karl

[Skribble]

Old thread. :eek: I'm 15. Turning 16 on June 26. :cool:

[Mason Copeland]

13 here...

[smokinoutlaw]

I am 27 years young!

:cool:

[Team J and J]

well now i dont feel so bad i now no i'm not the old guy here i'm 36 but i'm like all of you i love my rc toys :cool:

[cyb0rg]

I'm 27.

I first got into RC when I was about 15. I mostly just toyed around my neighborhood with my Tamiya Hornet. Just before I went off to college, I bought an Associated Team car and actually ran some races. I haven't had time for RC these past years.

I got married, had a few kids, and my life is starting to slow down and I have some free time on my hands...so I'm getting back into RC.

[racer13]

im 13 turning 14 on June 26, and skribble.. thats Awesome!

[Fast4Tec]

I just turned 16....... got my first car January of this year! Since then I've gotten my dad and brothers involved in the hobby too! Now we all have at least 2 r/cs each!!!

Laterz!! :cool: :) :D

[TimmyRC10T3]

I am 16 and my Brother is 13. We started about 4 years ago with our first RC (RC10LSO). Always bought Associated from then.

[tekrsq]

35, my son is 10. We've been in it for about 5 years.

[vsnakebytev]

I am 18 turning 19 in august, on the 19th.

It's wierd i am turning 19, i live at 29 hawk st, my b-day is august 19, and i was born in the 1900's. also when i fill out a for i fill in august then 19 as in date and 83 as in year. wow 1983 thats wierd, I have way too many 19's this year.

[dreamer_1uk]

Hi guy and any girls out there.

I'm at the ripe old age of 21 now and ive been R/C racing on and off since i was about 14. But, now i live in the States, I've been racing consistently since March and I'm loving every second of it all! Most of the drivers at my track age from about......10 to about 60.

Just my 2 cents worth!

[Soya]

I'm the big one six:D

[sanseric]

42 and haveing fun:D

[phatvw1]

I'm 19... been in the hobby four months and I have already got 1 person to join the ranks of R/C'ers (he's 14). Now his older brother wants to get one as well (he's 15, going on 16) and my 8 year old cousin might be getting his first truck this fall... all because of me... :D

[3xs]

I'm 36 and started racing when I was 26 and still love it.My racing buddy is about 55 I think.

[Nitro Power Kid]

Nitro power kid,14. Nitro Power Kid's dad 43. NPK's younger (electric only) brother, 12. Having a blast together.

[Madmann135]

I'm 19 and I think that the average age is around 28.

I got my little brother into the hobby by accident and he turned 9 when he got his first nitro truck. i might get one of his friends into the hobby and he is around 10-12 years old.

I'm getting them while they are young :D :D.

When his friends saw me with my monster truck they were excited, and Whin they saw me with my buggy They went CRAZY.

[DaLoSiGuYWiTdAxXxNt]

haha sum1 brought dis thread back up...wen dis thread was here last year i think i was only 12...now im 13

http://www.plauder-smilies.de/happy/xyxthumbs.gif

[3xs]

Try English it's the language of choice.

[TRI-TURBO]

Originally posted by DaLoSiGuYWiTdAxXxNt
haha sum1 brought dis thread back up...wen dis thread was here last year i think i was only 12...now im 13

http://www.plauder-smilies.de/happy/xyxthumbs.gif

Go figure....jks jks ;) I myself was also 12 when i got into the R/C world....first Car was a TA03-R..have 3 others...Now Im 16 AND still run my TA03 Competeively:p

[Xray Joe]

I'm eighteen. I've been into R/C for about 2 1/2 years.

[RacingRush]

I'm 14. I've been in to r/c for about 2 years.
First truck Traxxas Elec. Rustler

Jason

[jdm3849]

I'm 14 and i got into the hobby a year ago,but didnt get a r/c until about Oct. My first r/c was a evader st,i had to wait for it for 3 months cause it was on backorder at tower hobbies.

DIE TOWER DIE!!!!!!!!!:mad:

-Mike

[b_madd]

just go into it and bought my older cousins B3.

[The Burner]

15 here... 16 in three months

[jkerr0043]

23 now and I started racing again about 6 months ago. I raced for 3 years though from the time I was 12 'till I was in high school at 15.

[Got Speed]

I am going to be 15 at the end of the month.:D The people I race with range from 14 to 45. The average probably being 27. The range of ages that race goes from 13 to 50. The average probably being 33.

[Alex-XXXNT]

27

[rccardude85]

Well, my first "RC" car was a Tyco Hammer (yes, I know it's a toy). My first real RC car was a Tamiya Frog that my dad had collecting dust in the garage. I rebuilt it with many new parts and it runs pretty well now. I use a Futaba Magnum Junior that's about as old as the car (I think going on twelve years now) but is still a lot better than the radio that came with my RTR TC3 I just bought last week. Oh yeah, getting back to the topic, I'm 17.:D

[OfnaFan2002]

soon to be 16 :)

mabye i should be studdying instead of replying,,, i have three tests tomorrow :eek:

[plinko]

28. started rc cars back in the 80s stopped in the 90s now back to it again :D

[Archerboi]

I'm 31 going on 13 lol, I been in the hobbie since I was 16, had a gold RC-10 hehehe. I had so many cars, I got out of it in the mid 90's, but came back 2000 with a TC-3 :D

[echo50]

I just turned 51 in May . I love big boy toys .:) :) :)

[jkerr0043]

It seems like a lot of us left the hobby in the mid 90's. I left because all of the tracks closed in my area around 94 and that's all I really do is race. We had a bunch of off road tracks here in the San Diego area but they all shut their doors. Now there's only two places in this big city that run parking lot races anymore.

[Little Al]

Time for me to chime in here.....35 , I started back in the late 80's and got out of it for a while and now with my 12 years old son have found myself back in the fast lane...............And enjoying it.:)

[GearGuy2002]

Well I am 14. I would guess the average age of Rc racers is somewhere around 25 or so????