RCCA in the school library?

[mushrat_1]

Well, I have been holding off on posting anything for a long time, but now I finally have to ask, and hopefully PeteV ,SteveP or some other SE will give a great answer:

I found my first issue of RCCA in my school library. Coincidentally, it was the FIRST issue of RCCA just recently released. Back then the hobby definitely wasn't "mainstream", but that issue got me hooked!!!!

Now days, my son, who is 10 and a very good driver (driving my RC10T at the age of 3, and my RC10GT at the age of 5) comes home from school after libraray day and hands me a Model Airplane News (I think) magazine. A while back I showed the librarian an issue of RCCA and asked why they don't offer it, because of how monumental it was in my life. She told me she had seen it before, but that a questionable amount of the advertisers, and some of the actual articles, used less than appropriate "models"(coincidentally, of the variety I enjoy looking at also) to grace the pages. I checked with a few other librarians in other school districts just to make sure our librarian wasn't "overly protective" and got the same answer.

Now I am in a pickle. As a 30something man I enjoy the eye candy just as much as the 18yo or the 50yo. My real issue is, I am the RC Guru for our LHS and I cant beleive how many grade schoolers, middle schoolers, high schoolers and even adults with these children wander into our store and are in total awe as to the technology and the accessibilty of Hobby Class RC, which they had no idea existed. I wonder if the hobby would benifit from something like "RCCA KIDS" (like Discovery Kids magazine) that could be on news stands for the "protective" parents, but more so, distributed to the school librarys to get more involvement by our future generations.

Again, I am no prude, but that first "clean" issue of RCCA has gotten me into the core of the hobby for life, and its all owed to a single magazine in my school library that had a blue monster truck gracing the cover and was bonded with staples (thanks for the actual glue bonding by the way, that rocked!!!) Is there a reason why RCCA can't keep the kids involved?

Mushrat_1

[HPI rally racer]

im 15 and i goto school myself..i considered what u are saying and may have even asked the librarian, but i dunno u just look plain dumb if someone asks you what u are reading and you say a remote control car magazine..in my eyes anyways..therefor i keep my hobby and my normal life pretty seperate..also this hobby isn't exactly suitable for children since it is so damn expensive..ive been into rc for roughly 3-4 years now, and i have never owned a car with out having to sell it to own another, or i dunno just parts and like regualar maintanance sure put pretty big holes in a small kid's pocket..i got a job now so im not to bad off..anyways most of the little dudes that are getting into the hobby, im talking say 13yearolds, they get in because their friend has a vehicle, they like it and want in, it's more of a chain reaction..lastly people like putting their kid's into sports and such, it keeps them active and all and builds important teamwork skills, sure there are good things about the rc hobby but from the parents eyes i think they will see it as 1)EXPENSIVE 2)Rather have kids do something active and 3)Think the hobby is for an older crowd..just my input, im not saying what rcca should or should not do but if they DID do it, would it work?

[Y2KGTP]

I like the ads as well :D , but perhaps RCCA could tone down the advertising restrictions to make the magazine more acceptable to schools\libraries? It might increase subscriptions to some organizations and groups who were previously offended by the content....

Just a thought....

[tadium54]

they could, but they wont. the models appeal to this hobby's core demographic, so i doubt thats going anywhere. the advertising pays for alot of it too, so I doubt the advertising will be downsized. sorry fellas!

[josh222]

I asked my high school to get a rc mag and they did :D i get to read rc driver for free :p

[GramdeGixxer]

HPI RALLY RACER, thats funny, my wife always tells me I need to grow up and stop playing with kids toys! I think you are way off by the way.

[Prelude14WRX]

im 15 and i goto school myself..i considered what u are saying and may have even asked the librarian, but i dunno u just look plain dumb if someone asks you what u are reading and you say a remote control car magazine..

Im about 5 days away from being 17 and I'm not sure what kind of people you hang around with, but when I take my RCCA to my high school classes, the guys really like checking out all the awesome r/c stuff. They ask the normal questions of "how much" and what not. Most of them haven't seen "hobby" grade and think its awesome. Even some of the girls thinks it is pretty cool.

[Legend_Car]

Im about 5 days away from being 17 and I'm not sure what kind of people you hang around with, but when I take my RCCA to my high school classes, the guys really like checking out all the awesome r/c stuff. They ask the normal questions of "how much" and what not. Most of them haven't seen "hobby" grade and think its awesome. Even some of the girls thinks it is pretty cool.

I agree even some of my teachers think it is cool. I have a couple of friends that i race with that are into rc too. my history teacher wondered how fast a nitro went and how much. Havent showed em to the girls. I dont know how they would react. I think the reaction would be better if i did a huge jump with my tnx pro

[ErikRC10]

lol I'm 13 (will be 14 in... 2 weeks I think) and all my friends now that I race r/c cars and almost every single one of the girls says "aww are you going to play with your little car". It's kind of annoying. Anyways I really think it would be cool if my library carried some sort of r/c magazine (even though I subsribe to rcca). It would be a hell of a lot better then those celeb magazines. They do carry Motor Trend and Hot Rod which is good because I'm also a car freak but still.. I think it's kind of more annoying then anything else because they alwasy ask "How fast does it go???". And there is no specific answer for it. Some ppl think it's pretty cool but other's consider them "toys". I wanna see a toy do 0-60 (not that mine does 60 but some ppl's do) as fast as your dad's Vette does.

[Gizmo X]

Im about 5 days away from being 17 and I'm not sure what kind of people you hang around with, but when I take my RCCA to my high school classes, the guys really like checking out all the awesome r/c stuff. They ask the normal questions of "how much" and what not. Most of them haven't seen "hobby" grade and think its awesome. Even some of the girls thinks it is pretty cool.


I'm in the same boat as you, Just gonna be 18 ina few months. When I bring one in, they ask those same questions, the one I get the most is "How fast?" and when I tell them what we've had our cars clocked at there like "NO WAY!" And the best part to me is when they ask how much and I'll say I've got a few grand invested into our cars/trucks. And then you get the :eek: look and there like REALLY. Makes me feel good when I have a few "toys" that cost more then ther cars do. :p But I'm not rich and I've worked for all my stuff. ;)

[T/Losi]

RCCA in your library. Far out, im lucky to find a current issue at my local newsagent as mags down here retail for $14.95 (Australia). Not very popular down here.

Cheers