Truly inspirational, and I hope you do well.
You know, there isn't much coverage of this event. Futaba, pays all that money to put on a huge event, and they seem to rely on one person to post a few snaps on Facebook. Look
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Cell Phone plane vids, and a couple of stills since the event started. I don't get it. Are they asleep at the switch or what. If I was heading up this event, I would have an entire crew who's sole job is Social Media. I would be doing Flight Video, interviews with all the pilots, Behind The Scenes, up to date standing, breaking news, vendor spotlights, and tons of GOOD photos. I would be posting to Istagram , FB, Twitter, ect..
I am sure they want the industry to grow, they want fresh new faces, they want to grow attendance, but they wont even do the simple stuff. Social media coverage of an event is year round (basically free) advertisement, that serves your business over and over again unit the next year, and it starts again with the following years event. Then it becomes historical record.
I also think, it just inst Futaba dropping the ball, it is basically almost everyone that hosts an event. They rely on the generosity of others (spectators) to so cover their event. I really am at a loss for words. Think about it, if you take away Higher Plane, SleepyC, (some Hobby King, be it self serving) and at handful at RCG most of the big events would be covered with an iPhone and handful of amateurs that think they do good work. Send me to XFC, Nall, Seff, ect.. with the sole purpose of covering an event, you would what a motivated professional can do.
Ok I am sorry for the rant, I just want to see the RC community strive to do better, MUCH BETTER, so we all (those who cant attend these big events) can get a taste of whats going on in in the NOW.
