Is this a predominantly male hobby?

[Deleted member 103366]

The old man fun thread lead me to wonder, are drones predominantly flown by males?
If so, why does this hobby not appeal to females?

 

[Gkinghrn]

are you looking for a date?

 

[DoomMeister]

Because old fogeys fly the prosumer drones. The younger guys fly FPV drones. Women don’t want to wear head gear that will leave marks on their faces.

 

[okw]

There are lots of threads about this here. This is one of the recent ones:

Female droners

My wife was asking if there are Lady/Female (not sure what I’m allowed to say these days, have to be careful) drone flyers. All the posts/comments seem to be to be from males. She’s not interested in flying a drone herself, she just wanted to know if there are any of a different sex other than...

mavicpilots.com

 

[old man mavic]

@PhiliusFoggg ,i think there are many female drone fliers out there,whom for whatever reason do not come on this forum,its no different to any sort of hobby ,thats not gender specific ,its probably a traditional thing ,that blokes tend to take part in certain hobbies,and females in others,but i think that the steriotyping that goes on in youngsters choice of toys ,when they are very young by their parents, is slowly being eroded away as society moves forwards

 

[Deleted member 103366]

are you looking for a date?

Too much of a Victor Meldrew for that. Lol

 

[Tentoes]

are you looking for a date?

I am

 

[Tentoes]

Seems mainly a guy thing, but there are some ladies involved.

 

[ATP]

I upgraded from MM to M2, she says she will try the MM as she did not want to be responsible to damaging my M2.

 

[evereddie]

The old man fun thread lead me to wonder, are drones predominantly flown by males?
If so, why does this hobby not appeal to females?

As my wife says “Boys and their Toys”

 

[Dave Maine]

My sister conducted an experiment of 1 trial. She had a daughter, and wanted to balance her with both male and female toys. She was given fire trucks, cars, dolls and dresses etc. She picked overwhelmingly the “girly” toys, and rarely used the “boy” toys.

 

[Dbez1]

I offered to buy my wife her own drone if she’d fly. She declined saying “it’s boring”. Same thing with my airgun hobby. ??‍

 

[Deleted member 133794]

I offered to buy my wife her own drone if she’d fly. She declined saying “it’s boring”. Same thing with my airgun hobby. ??‍

I offered to buy my wife one as well, thankfully she said no thank you ?
I also do competition FT shooting here in the ?? and one of the top
shots in our club is a lady, she beats us blokes hands down every time. ?

 

[Dbez1]

My wife could fly really well if she put her mind to it, and shoot maybe better than me. She just chooses not to. The motivation isn’t there. “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” ?

 

[Peterson]

My wife has a pilots license. Her only response was "really"? I believe she meant that in an sarcastic way. Just saying.

 

[Rich QR]

Our demographics seem to be skewed toward more male participation, though it's also possible that female pilots are less (or more) likely to participate in online forums, so the ratio we see online might not be representative of who actually gets a drone in the air.

As for the reasons, it's probably a complex combination. All I'm sure of is that we should welcome all without judging based on gender.

 

[Tentoes]

I expect it's because women have better things to do with their time

 

[Jschroeppel]

Probably, but I'm female and LOVE my drone. Will upgrade from Mini once I am more confident. Too cold this winter to fly but I'll be back out in the Spring.

I offered to buy my wife her own drone if she’d fly. She declined saying “it’s boring”. Same thing with my airgun hobby. ??‍

It's only boring if you are watching and not controlling!

 

[HowsTheAirUpThere]

There's a Facebook group called Women Who Drone that's got plenty of members, including FPV pilots. I'd guess there are probably a lot of women like me here who haven't thought to bring up our gender because there's been no reason for it.

 

[dirkclod]

Probably, but I'm female and LOVE my drone. Will upgrade from Mini once I am more confident. Too cold this winter to fly but I'll be back out in the Spring.

It's only boring if you are watching and not controlling!

Welcome to the forum ?