RE: When did you start into rc?
When I was 12 I built a Goldberg Gentle Lady and left it in the bones. I could just afford the kit and the glue, so I had no money for covering. About 15 or 16 I had saved some money and bought a Futaba 2 ch stick transmitter a Cox .049 engine and I mail ordered a aileron/elevator kit from (I think) Hobby Shack. I built that and crashed it about 4 times, before it was relegated to a trash bin. I built another 2ch kit and promptly destroyed that too. Total flight time of both airframes was no more than about 45 seconds. Fast forward about 15 years and I got back into the hobby after a high school friend told me that he was flying. Well, that was 3 years ago and I now have 12 airplanes and 2 helicopters in my basement and have sold about 4 others too. I think I am officially back in the hobby to stay. I am also happy to say all of my airframes have lasted more than 45 seconds.
Curtis