About this forum

admin · March 11, 2009, 04:54:01 PM

This forum was started to provide an avenue for Indian RC enthusiasts to discuss their beloved hobby. There are other large existing forums, but they tend to limit the posted content, because of commercial interests. This site is intended to help Indian RC hobbyists exchange information freely. There is absolutely no restriction on the usage of this site by any one, especially for posting and discussing commercial offers.

In summary, our aim/wish/hope/dream is for this forum to be the venue for people to post any great prices/deals on RC stuff, so that this hobby becomes accessible to even more people.

Here are some general notes/rules about this forum.

1. This forum is a personal effort by myself (My name is Anwar, and I have been an RC hobbyist since early 2007).

2. I am not associated with any commercial entity (which includes all RC hobby shops and model manufacturers or marketers).

3. While it is allowed for anyone to post reviews and comments on the models products they have experience with (including strengths and weaknesses of each product), we will not use this forum to intentionally malign any particular product or brand or seller.

4. If posts are placed under the wrong categories or boards, they will be moved to the right locations by the administrators.

5. As the user community builds up, more administrators will be added to the forum.

6. If you feel the need for a new board to discuss a particular product/topic, please let us know, and we will create a new category and/or board for the same.

7. Our contact email address is listed in the footer on the left side. In order to limit spam mails, it is setup as an image that cannot be clicked.

8. You may also follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/rcindia) or befriend us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/rcindia)

9. As it is noticed that spammers and SEO marketers are taking the pain of registering here just to put their non-RC related websites in their profile, it is a rule of this forum that only personal websites, RC related personal websites or online RC stores are to be entered in their personal profile. Any other marketing related website links will result in the account being banned/deleted.

adityarr · March 12, 2009, 12:36:27 AM

Hi Anwar,
Great that you have started this Forum. Wishing you the very best. I shall pass on this url to all my contacts.

Aditya R

prakkat · April 17, 2010, 04:10:49 PM

Hey Who are you mr. roa, are a flyer flyer or a heli mechanic.i heard a lot about you mr.rao, r u the same rao in camebridge apparments.

anwar · April 17, 2010, 04:25:14 PM

Kunjai - Yes this is our friend Aditya (and the person in white teeshirt in the above picture)

He is not regular on the forum.

He is the second member on the forum after myself

anwar · July 06, 2010, 11:45:29 PM

Quote from: admin on March 11, 2009, 04:54:01 PM
There are other large existing forums, but they tend to limit the posted content, because of commercial interests.

Today is an hugely wonderful day for me ! One of the items on my agenda when I started this forum was to see other forums lose their uptight and restrictive attitude, driven by commercial interests alone. Well, I see that Hobbycity links and product links to other India based hobby stores are no longer blocked/restricted on another forum

It took about 15 months, but the owner could see the writing on the wall.... with one or two posts per day there and a higher overall post count and activity here. A few more months, and it would be practically dead... glad that some changes for the good are being made !

Thank you all for making this happen

CrazyPilot · July 07, 2010, 06:42:46 PM

Amazing. I joined this forum today when i was looking for alternative of other Indian rc forums because of their annoying policies and thorough commercial attitude. Cheerio to owners of this forum.

flyingboxcar · July 07, 2010, 07:04:16 PM

Anwar,
I enjoy reading and posting at both the forums, and pray to God that neither of them should ever be dead.
Amen

anwar · July 07, 2010, 07:11:33 PM

Capt. I am happy to see the changes too... it would have saved me a lot of trouble if these changes and some more were in place earlier itself

mail4ajo · July 07, 2010, 07:27:00 PM

Quote from: anwar on July 07, 2010, 07:11:33 PM
Capt. I am happy to see the changes too... it would have saved me a lot of trouble if these changes and some more were in place earlier itself

I agree. There was no need for this forum had the other one been open for all. Inspite of that I visit the other forum atleast once a day and also do buy stuff from the forum owner.

ujjwaana · July 07, 2010, 11:12:49 PM

Had this have happened some time back, I would have not left the forum at all. Nevertheless good that people with my mind-set (and I don't regret how I am) won't need to take such step and be a Happy Family on such forum!

rcforall · July 08, 2010, 01:03:18 PM

but I only hope this is not a last ditch attempt like ventilator at a hospital

,

Apart from the forum I was shocked at the level of negativity concerning that individual in his home town

Sethji · July 08, 2010, 02:26:13 PM

I have had my share of problems with that forum

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When I first signed-up they would not let me have my choice of username... This is my story - I had duly registered and created my profile - I had updated my picture, my signature, and my website info. Then, I logged-in the next day (with correct username/password) but their system said that there was no such account (my laptop saves all usernames and passwords - so even if I forgot the machine would not)... I found this very strange, but proceeded to re-register with another username and was able to read/write on their site. Later, I realized that my username and signature (which happened to be my RC hobby blog address) was the reason of not letting me have my choice of username of their site. Were they so threatened by "IndiaHobby". Now, one could argue that the username could be confusing to their members, then atleast the Moderator/Owner could have emaild me and migrated my data instead of canceling my account or the system could have just informed me during registration, and I would not have to waste my time...

Anyways, our interface is much more user-friendly (quite close to the Web 2.0 navigation style), unlike the other forum (i.e. that store's personal megaphone)... I truly feel at home here... lots of learning and getting to know some nice people in my city who share the same interests... Thank you RcIndia.Org

_{_{_{The above is not an attempt to slander or indulge in Libel, These are merely my thoughts}}}

iamahuman · July 08, 2010, 02:56:33 PM

This is THE BEST FORUM!!!PERIOD The layout here is really friendly even if you are not a member.I just love this place.Thank you Anwar sir

for making this forum.

medicineman1987 · July 09, 2010, 12:36:45 AM

Seriously, if this "other" forum is the one that i think ur talkin about, then i don't see a point comparing our forum to that one! This forum is the best! I normally don't sign up on forums but after reading this forum for a while as a guest i was compelled to join this forum.. The people here are so helpful.. The layout is awesome.. Its so easy to navigate.. I could go on and on..

In short RCINDIA ROCKS!!

iamahuman · July 09, 2010, 04:49:14 PM

medicineman1987, you just put it across in the best way.I am addicted to this site.You just hit the nail on the head.

medicineman1987 · July 09, 2010, 04:54:33 PM

Quote from: iamahuman on July 09, 2010, 04:49:14 PM
medicineman1987, you just put it across in the best way.I am addicted to this site.You just hit the nail on the head.

Yea.. seriously addicted! RCI is set as my homepage.. And i've left it permanently logged in on my hostel computer so that i don't have to waste time signing in everyday!

Oh and i have to bear with my super slow GPRS connection so i can surf from the hostel.. but its worth it!

ujjwaana · July 13, 2010, 08:00:35 PM

Quote from: medicineman1987 on July 09, 2010, 04:54:33 PM
time signing in everyday! Oh and i have to bear with my super slow GPRS connection so i can surf from the hostel.. but its worth it!

Earnestly, this forum rocks, at least with such a small nuymber of R/C folks in the country. Bow to Anwar bhai!!

And medicineman1987 ,Living Hostel in Goa!! Now that I call LIFE!!

vinay · July 14, 2010, 07:02:30 AM

Quote from: ujjwaana on July 13, 2010, 08:00:35 PM
And medicineman1987 ,Living Hostel in Goa!! Now that I call LIFE!!

Seriously!

hangingtough · July 14, 2010, 08:43:36 AM

hi

Folks i cant say about my fellow friends but this forum has become as addictive as ever.

Visits : Earlier it used to be once a week, now practically 2~3 times a day is normal.

Post : Just post and see how you will be bombarded with information.

But i still dont know how anwar bhai keeps this forum alive all by himself. Hats off to you Sir.

anwar · July 14, 2010, 01:54:56 PM

Quote from: hangingtough on July 14, 2010, 08:43:36 AM
But i still dont know how anwar bhai keeps this forum alive all by himself.

I do only 25% of the keeping alive, the rest is everybody else !

anwar · July 27, 2010, 05:37:23 PM

Please note newly added rule #9 here :

http://www.rcindia.org/rc-india-forum/about-this-forum/msg2/#msg2

Sorry to sound like the "Soup Nazi" but some people will go to any lengths to just to put their links on any many places as they can, and boost their SEO results in Google searches etc.

Dharmik · March 04, 2012, 06:23:55 PM

Sorry for bump but is this very 1st thread on the board? If so RCIndia going to celebrate its 3rd anniversary soon!

vineet · March 04, 2012, 06:38:39 PM

i love this forum

raja2k5 · March 04, 2012, 09:18:16 PM

Ya, Got a lot of info from this forum.

anwar · March 05, 2012, 01:19:36 AM

Quote from: Dharmik on March 04, 2012, 06:23:55 PM
Sorry for bump but is this very 1st thread on the board? If so RCIndia going to celebrate its 3rd anniversary soon!

Yes, March 9th is the 3rd anniversary ! I was wondering if we would hit 5000 members and 100K posts... looks like we will be close, but not there.

I am working on the logistics of a sweepstakes to mark this occasion.