I want to welcome Scale Aviator International as our newest supporting vendor.

http://www.scaleaviatorint.com/

Sam Wright (you may recognize the name) has put together a GREAT digital scale magazine with many of the names you will find here as contributors. Join me in welcoming him to the RCSB family of supporting advertisers and be sure to sign up for this great magazine!

Happy New Year to all of you!

As we kick off this new year (and another flying season soon) I wanted to reaffirm our goals here at RCSB.

1. Provide a medium that R/C Scale builder, fliers, and, enthusiast can gather to share ideas, techniques and experiences.

RCSB has become THE source for R/C Scale on the web. This is mostly the work of you guys welcoming new folks interested in the hobby, showing your own tips and techniques in your build threads, and supporting our vendors that help keep this site going. We LOVE R/C Scale and want to do everything we can to promote it and help others enjoy the satisfaction of watching that scale bird leave the ground for the first time. Contrary to what some may think R/C Scale is far from dead. There are well over 12,000 ACTIVE members here from all over the world that either enjoy our great facet of the hobby or are interested in getting into it. Also, there is a good size cottage industry devoted to our facet of the R/C hobby. So the next time someone at your local club says scale is dead send them here!

2. Provide a friendly, non-confrontational and spam free environment

This is CONSTANTLY the the biggest challenge of the site. We are always getting folks from the other r/c sites that come over here thinking they can act anyway they want to or have spammers trying to invade the site. Luckily we have a great group of Admins and Moderators that keep an eye on things and try to bring you the best forum environment on the web despite the immature folks and spammers best attempts.

3. Give our Site Supporters the BEST value for their financial support!

We are always looking for new ways to reward those of you who support what we are trying to do here. We have some great things coming this year so be sure and keep an eye out on the home page of the site! You guys are the backbone of RCSB and I want to do everything I can to reward your support efforts!

Every year we continue to grow and expand the site. This month we are integrating the new subscription system so be on the lookout for a post about it in the near future. Thank you all for your support in 2011 and I hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!

Until next time,

Mike