My wife is real cool about the helis, but when I get that..."look" and am constantly searching the web for a good price, she will start to ask questions. I just "recycle" my stuff. If I want a new heli, I sell an old one. My wife knows that I will most likely take a loss, but she appreciates the fact that I am not "collecting". As far as spending time with the wife and kid, I do all my stuff late in the PM (unless my wife gives me a reason to go to bed early ). I get to go flying on SAT. (sometimes on SUN if I can talk my wife into going to 5:00 mass). You just have to put things into perspective. Plus if you think seting up a new heli is a b!tch, try breaking in a new wife .

Pedro