My New Hobby, RC airplanes

I have been into planes since I was 10, that makes it 15 years now. I dont do much anymore, my main plane I take out is my glider, I built that sucker from scratch, 9 1/2 foot wing span. I love that thing, I send it into the air off a high-start and it flys for a long ass time and nice and slow, very relaxing. In the past I had a twin engine b-52 bomber that me and my dad built with a working bomb hatch in it, dropping the little parachute men was fun. I did own a jet, spent 8 months building it, spent about 45 seconds flying it and crashed it into my high school gym brick wall, small explosion and everything, that ****** and was satisfying all at the same time. I love planes but dont really have the time to upkeep them anymore, and I have become kinda disenfrachised by the kits on the market now, most of them **** IMO so you need to build your own from the ground up but that takes alot of time and some trial and error, all takes up more time
So the plane does take off from the tread mill!!!!!!!?

9.5 foot wingspan? ****. Pics of that thing?

I spent 5k on my current R/C setup.
I planned to race every weekend.

I've owned the car etc for 6 months now havent driven it once.

Im going to sell it and take a major loss.
5000? **** son. 1000> on mine for sure.

 
whats a good forum or something to read about helicopters or planes? Sounds like fun, I wanna price something out =x.
There are way to many to post, Just Google RC Plan, Car, Helo.

Just be ready to shell out Big bucks and lots of time for it.

I got a Raptor 90 Helo and a JR radio price unassembled $1400.00 online.

I also have a 1/4 Scale Pitts Special hand built. The kit was $500.00 and probably 200 Hrs building time.

THis "Hobby" eats Money and time like the Goverment:eyebrow:

All these are harder to Fly then the real Deal.

 
What makes the hobby so $$$$$$$ though? I mean wouldn't it be like car audio in a sense that I don't need the best of the best just budget stuff? I'll google for some forums though and see what I can't dig up.

 
You can start out with a ARF "All Most Ready To Fly", A good Radio for around $500.00. Get the biggest you can afford. Bigger is easier to fly and see. Stay away from Fighter planes cause they are Pro stuff till you get it down.

I would also get a Sim cord for the radio, So you can practice on your Computer first. Wish they had that back in the day, I would have saved some Cash.

 
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