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cablepro
Heliman
Location: Deltona, FL

just wondering...what (total income) to ($ spent on hobby) ratio qualifies you for a trip to the nut house, heh

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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Jetset
Senior Heliman
Location: Picton, Ontario Canada

Nut house

Hard to say cause you kinda forget (or at least try to), after awhile! At least for me anyways!

It should be more like, if your phone or hydro gets cut off because you just had to have that next heli, THEN, it's time for a trip to the nut house!Hehehe!
Or, if your car breaks down but you decided to buy another heli engine instead of fixing your car......it's time for the looey bin!
Hehehe!
Myles

Howzitgoin' eh? Goin' fast in the "Great White North"

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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AEK
Heliman
Location: Eindhoven - The Netherlands

I have made a Excel-sheet where all spent $$$ are registered. So I know how much I have spent on my Shuttle and Freya.

Well, as student being, it is far to much in comparison with my monthly student-income. But I like the hobby so much

01-25-2002 Over year old.

FlyBar_007
Heliman
Location: Baltimore, MD, Chase Area

A hint

When you come home from work and you yell "honey I'm home" and all you get is an echo, It might be time to step back and take a look at yourself.

01-25-2002 Over year old.

Ray Fernandez
Elite Veteran
Location: Guam (U.S.A.)

How much "IS" How Much???!!!???

When I saw this thread, I decided to check into my desk drawer and found (believe it or not) most of the reciepts that I kept of things I have spent on this hobby.............after getting past the $10K mark, I decided to stop counting....... And that was only the total for the last month!! (Hehehehe)

Seriously though, I know I've spent quite a bit of my salary on the heli related stuff. And they say that drugs are addictive.........

Ray Fernandez - GUAM

01-25-2002 Over year old.

Vance
Veteran
Location: York ,PA

When compared to other hobbies like golfing or fishing we have a cheap hobby. Consider a jet ski that costs 8-$10,000, or how about $100.00 every Sat for greens fees, or $15,000.00 for a bass boat, or a decent woodworking shop costs~$10,000.00. Consider the guy with no hobby, but just goes to the bar after work everyday or every friday and drops $100.00 or more a week on drinks and bad pickup lines.(well some of mine were pretty good)
The real problem starts when a person has more than one of these hobbies then you start spending a lot more.
VD

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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Mike99
Veteran
Location: Canal Winchester, OH

Yep - I was the golf freak before planks and then helis... It was easily $150 per week and I decided that since I wasn't too good I would try something else. I had to rationalize also, that to play golf meant spending at least a couple of evenings at the range, one outing on the weekend and one in the league during the week. At least for RC I can take the stuff to work and grab a quick flight at lunch (I am close to our field) or stop and get a couple of flights in on the way home. Wife likes it better, and so so the kids. ha ha ha I also "rationalized" that every ten weeks or so I could get a new toy.... but that hasn't worked out so I am actually saving a little money.... RIGHT...

Mike99

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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coop
Senior Heliman
Location: Bainbridge, NY

Well, I quit counting a long time ago...Fixing a heli instead of your car is bad??? Anyway, if you put a price on your fun, it isn't fun anymore...Coop

01-25-2002 Over year old.

Phoenix1
Heliman
Location: Bonita Springs, FL

I have a soultion for married people

I am going to take up golf for a few months, After all the equipment and greens fees my wife will be begging me to fly the helis more!!!

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

Crazy?

Way too much spent, I have a monthly pass for the nut house;

I go there so often I get a discount on cab fair! I take a cab cause I sold my wheels to buy heli stuff!! Hehehe, not all true but my wife thinks it's close.

----------BladeRunner.

01-25-2002 Over year old.

Jetset
Senior Heliman
Location: Picton, Ontario Canada

$$ values

I really haven't spent that much yet due to the fact that I am still fairly green in the heli area plus I received most of heli items in trade for plank stuff. I still do the planks as well but things will have to slow down (a little tiny bit) due to the fact that I hope to be building a house soon. Hmmm, house....loan....maybe I should add the cost of a brand new Freya into the mortgage!Hehehehe!

While I'm at it, I might better ad in the cost for a turbine conversion for ir as well! Bahahahaha!

Time for the nuthouse!
Myles

Howzitgoin' eh? Goin' fast in the "Great White North"

01-25-2002 Over year old.

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Hockeytown
Veteran
Location: Pontiac, Mi. U.S.A.

Getting Paid to Golf is NICE!!

When I was in college, I had a golf scholarship. Nothing like getting paid to do what you love.....(Curtis and the other pros know what I mean

).

When I graduated, and stopped getting paid for it, it got much more expensive. I'm not the kind of person who likes to spend money and then have nothing to show for it in the end.

You can get a great 60 size heli for the same price as most good sets of golf clubs..........then compare a couple of gallons of CP to greens fees and tell me who is ahead of the game.

I have been golfing since I was 10 and I have been flying helis for 1.5 years................THIS IS MY ADDICTION NOW!!!!!!!

Darin[color=red]
Hockeytown[/color]

01-25-2002 Over year old.

RICHW
Senior Heliman
Location: Cupertino, CA

Back in the '60s I was learning to fly the real thing. $15 dollars got you a plane and one hour of instruction. It's hard to imagine that, even at that price, I was strained financially. So I decided to take up RC instead. After a year of no success, I finally got one plane to stay in the air for 1 full minute. I worked out the cost per hour and it came to over $8,000! I went back to the cheaper alternative and got my license. But I came back to RC eventually, and I don't want to know (nor my wife to know) how much I have spent since. ( I own six helis and 23 planes and 5 radios). I also own a real plane but I prefer spending time with the little fella's.

Rich w

01-25-2002 Over year old.

Hockeytown
Veteran
Location: Pontiac, Mi. U.S.A.

23 PLANES!!!!!???!!!!

That's pretty impressive..................

Sounds like you have a big house, an understanding wife or your own hanger...........PROBABLY ALL THREE

Darin[color=red]
Hockeytown[/color]

01-25-2002 Over year old.

gyroman
Senior Heliman
Location: Pasadena, CA

When I spend 32 thousand dollars on a BVM Rafeale, with a seven grand paint job. Opps I did.

01-26-2002 Over year old.

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gyroman
Senior Heliman
Location: Pasadena, CA

Yeah, planks are wussey, thats why they are sitting around gathering dust,

, I'm X-Cell all the way.

01-26-2002 Over year old.

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Optech
Key Veteran
Location: Vista/Oceanside, CA.

I've skipped car and student loan payments a few times in the past to pay for stuff I wanted.

Do I qualify???

Usually it was because I was in between pay days and I knew that a check with overtime was coming to cover things but I needed the stuff now. The student loan payments were no big deal as long as the time wasn't excessive but I found out you need to call the bank and give them some excuse for the late car payment

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Mike

Viva La Airtronics!

01-26-2002 Over year old.

Scott_MT
Heliman
Location: Great Falls MT

This is my cheapest hobby.

Compared to the jet skis and a custom snowmobile this is probably been one of my cheapest hobbies. A saturday of fun on the skis or the sled is $100 plus then you have to repair or give it the extra boost as somebody out did you on the hill. That usually hit $100-$300 a crack. Yes R/C has been my cheapest by far. The house did put a serious damper on it though. It was great when I had no rent and everything went into the hobbies.

Thanks Scott S.

01-26-2002 Over year old.

Shagga
Senior Heliman
Location: Wiltshire, UK

If you die in debt. You've made a profit!

01-26-2002 Over year old.

440GTX
Veteran
Location: Calgary, Canada

This is a Chaep Hobby

This is a Chaep Hobby
My other Hobby is rebuilding a 72 Plymouth GTX ( almost done )
now that is time comsuming and costly
A GREAT enjoyment in life is driving my 400 HP GTX on a nice day , to my flying field with my Raptor in the trunk
Awwwwwwwwww.

Fred..

01-26-2002 Over year old.

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