This was one:What were they advertising for? I'm curious.
I think the other one was for a medication for some kind of chronic condition.
This was one:What were they advertising for? I'm curious.
The first is a place to fly them legally. When I was a kid we simply went to any large park and flew. This was pretty much our weekend thing. If it wasn't raining we were flying. Once in a while we would get a park ranger ask us to leave but that was it. Now it is illegal to fly in most parks
The last time I launched in a city park, everyone gathered around and watched the launch and cheered
Some folks enquired about the hobby
Kids don't do catalogs. Dids do YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, etc. When my daughter saw DudePerfect! do a rocketry episode, she couldn't wait to come running and show me. I leave my Sport Rocketry magazines all over the house and I doubt she knows there are pages on the inside. Does the NAR have a different magazine for junior members?
I've been kicking around the idea of doing a rocketry themed YouTube channel focusing on reviews, getting started, all that stuff. The problem is that I'm a bit over-committed to my over-sized list of hobbies.
This. Put this in huge font and bold it.
KIDS DON'T CARE ABOUT CATALOGUES.
If you want to get more kids interested, you have to get them involved in the places they go. That can be the clubs and organizations they're involved in, or for many kids, the media they consume.
Some kids do. My daughter did a rocket camp at school for a week one summer when she was 8 and we started flying rockets. Somewhere on the way we got an Estes catalog, and my daughter went through and checked all the models she wanted to buy. So when Estes had a sale we bought several of these kits, including the Firehawk, the Flutter-By, the Hornet, and the Partizon:
This was one:
I think the other one was for a medication for some kind of chronic condition.
I'd disown her if I could. At least it's not the Yankees.Excellent hat.
The future of this hobby will not be affected by who sells high-power kits the cheapest. The future is not in who sells motors for least expensive. Most importantly, J+ flights are not what will keep this hobby alive. There are 10X the needed vendors for the number of people associated with this hobby, that has become clear. The future of this hobby depends on you giving a kid a $10 Estes or Quest kit to get them hooked, so they then do so for others. The average age in this hobby has gone way up - that is not good, Estes/Quest needs to re-focus on schools & first time flyers.
I remember as a kid in school getting an Estes Catalog once a year, and it was like Christmas. Estes & Quest both now only give lip service to this market. 25% of sales should be put towards attracting the new, young market - they grow into the older mature market.
There are two other reasons why newbies don't get involved as well, let's see if you can guess them
What were they advertising for? I'm curious.
May have seemed that way this year because narcon, ldrs, and other big draw events were canceled.
Well, you’re wrong. Catalogs are one way that kids get interested.Cute picture, and story, but keep in mind that your kid was *already* interested in rocketry when she got the catalogue. Catalogues aren't what get kids interested.
They are one way to get them interested ,but how do you get them in front of the kids and is the best way to spend your limited advertising dollars?Well, you’re wrong. Catalogs are one way that kids get interested.
That’s a good question, Tim. Where do kids spend their time when not at school? Where would your ad be seen by the greatest number of people who might be interested?They are one way to get them interested ,but how do you get them in front of the kids and is the best way to spend your limited advertising dollars?
The Commercial with the Rockets is for "Jardiance" perscription drug for Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease. Its a good one. ispot.tv/ad/nbzc/jardiance-rocket-fair#What were they advertising for? I'm curious.
This was one:
I think the other one was for a medication for some kind of chronic condition.
Where do kids spend their time when not at school?
Where would your ad be seen by the greatest number of people who might be interested?How expensive are YouTube or Facebook ads?
It might be worth noting that Estes has run out of printed copies of their 2020 catalogs. What that indicates I’m not sure. Hopefully thousands of young impressionable minds are going through them like we used to do.
I thought Tim said that Apogee was in California but looks like they're in Colorado now. Maybe I heard him wrong...Out here in California good luck in finding a place to launch....most of the clubs can not meet as of COVID and there isn’t many approved launch sites anyway...the state is on fire so good luck on flying anything with approval from any fire marshal or rep...maybe the desert?
I've thrown away about 6 catalogs from Estes orders so far this year. Should I be saving them to donate to schools?I received an estes order a week or so ago with a printed catalog.
Absolutely .I've thrown away about 6 catalogs from Estes orders so far this year. Should I be saving them to donate to schools?
Because there’s a low supply and the schools can’t get them or because we’re protecting the environment, or both?Absolutely .
I grew up on a farm as a kid. We went out and launched whenever we wanted to (when the crops weren't too high). Those were the days. Can't do that in my suburb - not allowed - even though we have a couple of parks that would be great for LPR. The clubs in Chicago Metro all have flying fields that are a bit of a hike to get to and then only once a month, at best, weather permitting. Fox Valley is way far north. NIRA is at a forest preserve and is a pretty small field (35 acres). Prairie States low/mid field is 20 miles SW of Aurora . Their HPR field is almost to DeKalb. Michiana probably has the best HPR field - in SW Michigan - and then only in winter months. Bong is a hike to WI - and pretty wet. Flying around here is a challenge...
That is a good idea giving them to schools .I have about 5 of them so far. Good idea.I thought Tim said that Apogee was in California but looks like they're in Colorado now. Maybe I heard him wrong...
I've thrown away about 6 catalogs from Estes orders so far this year. Should I be saving them to donate to schools?
I don’t think Apogee has ever been based anywhere other than Colorado.I thought Tim said that Apogee was in California but looks like they're in Colorado now. Maybe I heard him wrong...
I've thrown away about 6 catalogs from Estes orders so far this year. Should I be saving them to donate to schools?
I grew up on a farm as a kid. We went out and launched whenever we wanted to (when the crops weren't too high). Those were the days. Can't do that in my suburb - not allowed - even though we have a couple of parks that would be great for LPR. The clubs in Chicago Metro all have flying fields that are a bit of a hike to get to and then only once a month, at best, weather permitting. Fox Valley is way far north. NIRA is at a forest preserve and is a pretty small field (35 acres). Prairie States low/mid field is 20 miles SW of Aurora . Their HPR field is almost to DeKalb. Michiana probably has the best HPR field - in SW Michigan - and then only in winter months. Bong is a hike to WI - and pretty wet. Flying around here is a challenge...
The biggest obstacle I have had is lack of launch sites.
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