I gave that link from <font color="#00265e" size="2">Phoenixangel</font> a look and read through the sections there. It was a very good read for a newbie like me. Thank you.

I wanted to ask a question of all you Vets.... Where is the fun for you in the hobby? Are you guys flyers that build your own planes, or modelers that like to fly their creations when done? Does the flying ever get boring? As an outsider looking in Icould very easily imagine that flying in a few circles for 15 minutes could get boring...no? Where is the excitement in the hobby?

Asa guy that loves his O scale trains, I only run them durring the holiday season. And the fact that i only have 2 loops under my tree that just go round and round.... well, after 5 weeks of that I am bored of it and ok with putting them away until next year. In the train hobby the fun comes with bigger layouts where you can run all sorts of switching patters and whatnot. And many people are in the hoby because they love to model, and the trains bring their modeling to life.

So the question I am asking is what keeps you going and deeply interested in the hobby year after year?Do you often find that outsides dont understand what drives your desire?


Now, back to the planes! I am usuallya sucker for new and shinny posessions, but if I ran across a deal that couldnt be beat I could see myself buying a used trainer setup. If not, I would probally get a ARF or RTF depending onmoney. Usually if there was a ready to fly for $300, But i could piece together an ARF plane that would be lightyears ahead of the rtf plane for $100 more, I will goand shell out thesmall amount of extra money for thebetter goods.


And youngsters.... whats a good age to get them involved? My son is at the moment 6 years old, and I can honestly say that im not sure he could handle flying a plane at his age. I think he COULD do it, but his nerves would probally paralize him more than anything. He is pretty gooD with my trains which we operate via wireless remotes. He can control the train and its features, uncouplethe engine, and even operateturnouts and switch engines out of sidings my himslef via thecommand remote system we have. But if something goes wrong he tends to get get nervous and freeze up, because he does understand that they are expensive toysthatcancost over $1000 just for an engine.

Thats all for now. Thanks for all the help so far and for showing me that a hobby like this really IS within the reality of the every day guy!


-Joe