Doubt this seriously... if you count people with proper RC grade cars.

There are quite a lot of surface hobbyists - we dont tealize this because RC cars do not need a large field to run. So each guy runs his car alone or in a small group while guys with planes and helis often meet up at common flying fields.

But that should not prevent them from seeking out forums like RC India... I took the membership counts here as a guideline.

Going by the info I have on sales numbers, there should be far more RC cars. May be most of them don't find it imperative to join forums. The challenges in getting your first plane airborne is more compared to running your first RC car. I guess this is why you see more aircraft activity here.

Interesting... guess that can be true if we consider electrics.  Getting glow/petrol cars would drive people straight into forums (or other experienced members!)

Many of the RC car guys are on FB.If we suggest forums,they think that they don't need them.But Murli and Ajo have been spreading the word of RC India.

Calling them toys adds a limitation, to be only played by kids.
We all now these are known as Big Boys Toy. And yes even I like playing with toys..

One reason that may not be mentioned here, bad people. A professor at my college "confiscates" any planes that are kept in "his" lab. This includes three balsa wood complete with engines and everything, made by my friends in the first year. Also a wonderfully made two motor pusher with canards made by my seniors as their final year project who got armtwisted coz he was their project guide. Oh wait , this professor also claims speed=torque and directly connects motors into the wall socket.

just tell him that he is a very very big loser!

Confiscates and do what.. sell them...

How come this fellow become a 'professor'...
Thats actually bad, one should never demoralize anyone's talent..
Or maybe he's scared of planes!! 

Tried doing so politely, got one of the most colorful firing of my life, with the 'aap kaun hote ho bolnewaale' phrase.

Well,people who cannot teach become teachers.I remember a supposed to be English teacher coming to our class.The first sentence she said was,"I am pride to be Indian".We were all ing

Back to the point,the classification as kid's toys is wrong.Yes,they are toys but highly educational and highly entertaining.

Depends on how you look at things thats all. Reminds me of VC's signature.

That story remnds me of some lecturers in my college also. Just no point reasoning with them.

Why do we need to justify every thing with education, any ways its a very overrated concept.

You got me there.

How about I scrap education and replace it with information?

Woman dies of hunger in India after being denied food assistance.
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-20-2005