2008 RC Survey

[k£v!n]

Results - http://www.rc-area.co.uk/blog/?p=2308

We want to see how the world of RC is changing! We have set up a very quick and easy to use survey for you all to complete! By answering the questions provided we are able to see if the results are changing from year to year!

[Northy]

I did it, I put Greg Morris (aka kyosho_greg) as my fav rc car driver....... :D

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[Lee]

He will be sadly missed RIP KG:D

[Lee Martin]

so wat happen to this survey?

[k£v!n]

Thanks to all who have completed it :D

Im not sure what you mean pidge?

[Wraggy]

i think he means , where are the results ..

[Col]

i think he means , where are the results ..

http://www.rc-area.co.uk/Thanks.html

[millzy]

he wants to see if hes the fav driver lol

I stuck Southwell down..

[Col]

I claimed Super Dan as my personal hero...

[Northy]

I actually put Donga, but should have put kyosho_greg.

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[millzy]

you picked the campest steven fry boyfriend meterial r/c driver there is....!!!!!!

[k£v!n]

i think he means , where are the results ..

Ok thanks,

The results will be posted on my site shortly after the 12.02.08! However I can tell you that Neil Cragg is currently winning the fav driver :D

[Col]

However I can tell you that Neil Cragg is currently winning the fav driver :D

How boring and predictable...

No offence intended, Mr Cragg!!

[Northy]

However I can tell you that Neil Cragg is currently winning the fav driver :D


He must be well stoked :eh?:

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[k£v!n]

The results are up; click the following link or the one in the first post! I’ve ended the survey one day early so enjoy! Results - http://www.rc-area.co.uk/blog/?p=2308

[bigred5765]

well that speaks volumes to me
especially this bit
13. Where do you purchase most of your R/C items from?

The top three responses were as follows –

1st ‘The Internet’ with 134 votes
2nd ‘Local Hobby Shops’ with 99 votes
3rd ‘Mail Order’ with 21 votes

you can See were the market is going

[Wraggy]

10. How much do you spend as an average on R/C per year?
The top three responses were as follows –
1st ‘£501 - £1000’ with 87 votes
2nd ‘More then £2000’ with 56 votes
3rd ‘£1001 - £1500’ with 49 votes

i thought 2nd OF 2 grand or more would of won that hands down !!!!!

[Lee]

Totally agree wraggy, thats like a tyre bill alone is it not?

[Southwell]

Ive spent £500+ and the season hasn't even started yet :lol:

[chrispattinson]

As I scorlled down, I thought the winning amount of £501 - £1000 was too high, you lot must spend a fortune - I'm planning on spending about £200 this year on racing, and thats about £140 on tyres.

I only race once per week at club meetings though, and do 2wd & 4wd regionals and end of year finals, indoor and outdoor. I guess doing a national series must cost a bomb!

[Wraggy]

planning on spending about £200 this year on racing, and thats about £140 on tyres

ha ive spent that in a weekend last year at a national ...:thumbsup:
rims , tires & inserts !!! it easy ..

[Lee]

Yeah if you run 2 new sets of tyres each day there is £100 alone its easy to get carried away, but TC was worse, i spent 4K on tyres alone one season before restrictions came into place:o

[chrispattinson]

I was thinking of doing nationals not this year but next, if I retain my F2, but don't think I'll bother if it's that expensive.

[Southwell]

It's only expensive if you make it that. You can do the weekend on a couple of sets a day, but it might cost you some pace. They are a great laugh, well worth the money imo.

[Lee]

Its as expensive as you want it to be, just because you use new tyres doesnt mean you will go so many seconds faster, you still might make mistakes and so might everyone else, its only at the sharp end that they really come into play IMO

[millzy]

how could dresh and massami be 3rd on 7 votes? i did it 15 times and stuck southwell down each time as my fav driver

[Wraggy]

how could dresh and massami be 3rd on 7 votes? i did it 15 times and stuck southwell down each time as my fav driver
LOL :lol: QUALITY ...

[millzy]

i even did it on 15 diffrent pcs in the office to make sure the ip number wasnt the same

i say its fixed- what is this another bule peter name the cat comp?

[Southwell]

how could dresh and massami be 3rd on 7 votes? i did it 15 times and stuck southwell down each time as my fav driver

I smell a rat :thumbsup:

[Chris Doughty]

i even did it on 15 diffrent pcs in the office to make sure the ip number wasnt the same

i say its fixed- what is this another bule peter name the cat comp?

you proberbly go through the same proxy server so they are seen on the internet at the same IP, sorry dude!

[telboy]

9. Do you paint your own body shells?
The top three responses were as follows –
1st ‘Yes’ with 140 votes
2nd ‘No’ with 65 votes
3rd ‘Sometimes’ with 62 votes
I could never paint a shell very well so normally I get someone else to spray it for me but by the looks of things most people are giving it ago themselves!


...BUGGER!:woot::lol:
:eh?:

[millzy]

bah.

[Southwell]

i even did it on 15 diffrent pcs in the office to make sure the ip number wasnt the same

i say its fixed- what is this another bule peter name the cat comp?

The proxy server is the same IP, you wont go out under your workstations IP. :thumbdown:

[millzy]

lost me now pc geek

[Chris Doughty]

...BUGGER!:woot::lol:
:eh?:[/LEFT]

It does not state how bad the 'own done' body shells look though

[millzy]

maybe there all custom white like dannys? dose he really pay 60quid for them shells?

[Northy]

Skelding does awesome shells........ :thumbsup:

While he's waiting to play table tennis :woot::woot:

[k£v!n]

i even did it on 15 diffrent pcs in the office to make sure the ip number wasnt the same

i say its fixed- what is this another bule peter name the cat comp?

The software that I used tells me that Ian Southwell received 5 votes so I’m not sure where the other 10 went too!

[Southwell]

Hey, must be 5 different ppl! :lol:

[Rick]

Are the results of this survey somewhat biased due to the fact that it has been carried out on this forum? or did you post on others?

[burgie]

Are the results of this survey somewhat biased due to the fact that it has been carried out on this forum? or did you post on others?

not only that, if one person has voted 10+ times, surely none of the answers are a true and accurate reflection of what is going on either....
:confused:

[k£v!n]

The information regarding the survey has been posted on several other forums and websites. I tried to make sure that an equal amount of both electric / nitro and on road / off-road based sites featured information about it.

As already pointed out only 5 votes for Ian Southwell were recorded (and not Millzy 15 votes), showing that more than one vote made either by the same IP or because of other reasons were not recoded.

Overall I tried to make this survey as non-biased as possible.

[ashleyb4]

Kevin the owner of rc area also my best friend has posted a link to this survey on many forums and websites plus he gets loads of people visiting his site regualarly so the survey is not biassed. And if people fil it out more htan once he knows as he will only except one entry from each IP address so he knows if the same person has flled it out twice. So its as fair as it could possibly be.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

EDIT: haha he beat me to it but you arent as fast as me on the track kev lol

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[k£v!n]

Thanks Ash, we will see who is the fastest when you get your Mini- T

[ashleyb4]

kev can we have a full list of where all the drivers came???

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[k£v!n]

Yes, but it’s going to take me a little while; I’ll get it up here ASAP!

[k£v!n]

As Ashley requested -

Top 3 -

Neil Cragg 17
Masami Hirosaka 14
Andy Moore 10

The rest are sorted in alphabetical order by their first names -

Adam Drake 9
Alan Horne 1
Alex Hagberg 1
Andy Bell 1
Andy Wallace 1
Arnaud Collet 1
Atsushi Hara 4
Barry Baker 2
Bob Ryan 1
Brian Kinwald 3
Cam MacDonald 1
Chris Doughty 4
Chris Grainger 1
Chris Long 1
Chris Mills 1
Cris Oxley 3
Chris Tosolini 1
Craig Dresher 7
Dan Foulds 1
Dan Greenwood 1
Dan Osborne 1
Darren Bloomfield 2
Darren Horsman 1
Darren Johnson 1
Dave Cartwright 1
Dave Slashett 1
David Spashett 4
David Gerard 1
Ellis Stafford 2
Emily Sheilds 1
Garry Hobson 1
Jon Hazlewood 2
Hupo Hönigl 1
Ian Southwell 5
Manfild 1
James Baxter 1
James Weedon 1
Jamie Booth 2
Jared Tebo 2
Jilles Groskamp 2
Jimmy Storey 3
Joel Johnson 1
John Spencer 1
Joseph Quagraine 2
Keith Chegwin 1
Keith Fitzgerald 1
Ketil Pettersen 1
Kevin Brunsten 1
Kevin Lee 1
Larry Fairtrace 1
lee martin 1
Marc Rheinard 4
Mark Handford JNR 1
Matt Francis 1
Michael Hollins 1
Mike Blackstock 1
Mike Dumas 1
Ollie Jefferies 1
Paul Lemieux 3
Phil Channon 1
Phil Sleigh 1
Richard Barton 1
Richard Lowe 1
Richard Taylor 1
Robbie Dodge 1
Ryan Cavalieri 3
Ryan Maifield 2
Ryan Maker 1
Scott Brown 3
Scott Hughes 1
Stanners 1
Steven Ashby 1
Steven Bond 1
Steven Moore 1
Stevie Rabie 1
Todd Hodge 1
Tom Saggers 1
Tom Yardy 2
Tommy Chung 1
Tricky Taylor 1
Wes Myles 2

Sorry for such a long post!

[Wraggy]

im guessing most of the drivers with 1 against them voted for themselves !!:thumbdown:
as ive never heard of some of these people ..

[k£v!n]

22 people voted ‘Me’ as in themselves however I didn’t include them in the main listing!

[ashleyb4]

wow jimmy is more popular than tebo!!! well infact loads of people

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[josh_smaxx]

I put 'anyone who i can have a good race with but still beat' :thumbsup: something along those lines anyway.

[k£v!n]

I put 'anyone who i can have a good race with but still beat' :thumbsup: something along those lines anyway.

That’s exactly right, word by word! However because you didn’t state a name I couldn’t include it :D

[Mrs oOple]

- I'm planning on spending about £200 this year on racing, and thats about £140 on tyres.

ha ive spent that in a weekend last year at a national ...:thumbsup:


I was thinking of doing nationals not this year but next, if I retain my F2, but don't think I'll bother if it's that expensive.


That's just Wraggys beer bill though!

[MK999]

That's just Wraggys beer bill though!

Beer bills are ALWAYS a necessary expense :thumbsup: