In many hobbies, including the radio control model vehicle hobbyist community, there are veteran grognards who are the curators of safety, standards, skills,  knowledge, and advice. But sometimes some elder statesmen can turn into hobby gatekeepers that don't want their knowledge shared rather than being mentors or ambassadors that happily share the community knowledge with others who they don't personally know. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we hop the gate to investigate the perceived pros and cons of gatekeeping and the movements against the most toxic gatekeepers in the R/C hobbyist community.