Originally Posted by
MULMZ2
I can't give you a direct answer, because when I have people get offended, but I'll say this a lot of RCers look the same, dress the same and talk the same and none of it is appealing to other members of society. Take a look at Losi for example. A lot of their product and staff focuses on Monster Trucks and NASCAR. Also keep in mind that flyers aren't very fond of surface RCers. Now why is that? Hint, you can find some answers above.
Here's my assumption. Home Depot and the Miami Dolphins invested in drone racing because the execs kids were in to it and/or someone close to them convinced them it was the next big thing. Didn't drone racing become a thing right about the same time that watching other people playing video games became popular? I see a lot of cross over between those two demographics.
I also don't know anything about drone racers except for the fact that a lot of those racers tried to become internet personalities. Like I keep saying surface RC needs good relatable internet personalities. Right now there is only one.
It was odd that the flyers mostly used their online names. I remember something about a drone club was using a Home Depot parking lot to host races at night. The owner was impressed and got thing rolling.
I do round 800 videos(6amRC) a year for the races I go to, carpet only, 12 states so far. But I’m not good at being on camera. Most I’ve raced do really have that. There’s a few big personalities I’ve raced with. But they aren’t interested. I’ve tried watching a few racers videos for how to stuff, but it’s like watching paint dry.