Woah,,,,, I did not mean anything negative in my post, nor did I mean to say that anyone was wrong.

All I wanted to get across is that this is a rather expensive hobby, and I am by no means a rich man (2 mortgages, wife, 3 kids, 1 horse, 2 goats, 3 chickens, you add it up)

I am not putting anyone down here, and I am not trying to make this a rich mans hobby. Look over all my past posts, I try to be as honest as possible.

This is one thing that I hate about the forums, is that you can not tell the persons attitude or meaning by reading the text. I am a very friendly person, and will never tak part in flaming, or ridiculing anyone on these boards. I may occasionally give a little friendly poke at the Raptor, but never in a harmfull way.

I still dont even own a set of JIS screwdrivers!!!

flmgrip:

When I said Do not count the money, I was just trying to get the idea across that if you actually thought real hard about how much you have spent, and what it could have go towards besides helicopters, you may think twice, and in reality when you are starting out it is going to cost some money.
And as stated before I was not giving this guy a hard time, I just wanted him to know that, Yes it does cost, and maybe I should have also mentioned that it is worth EVERY penny,and every hour of overtime I have to work to pay for it.
ANd since he is trying to figure out the cost, I was telling him how much it could cost if he went the route I went.

Quote from flmgrip
"i spend $1000 on servos, gyro, receiver and other electric stuff per heli, not even heli and engine calculated.
no it is sure not cheap, but if you skimp now you will pay later double... it's your choice.
look for used stuff, but be careful with what you get (use escrow for e.g.)"

I actually agreed with what you said. My statement was not that far off from yours. With the newer low cost helicopters you can spend twice the cost of the kit on the rest of the stuff to get it in the air. Does anybody disagree with this?

Once again, no hard feelings, and I was not out to deiscourage, or flame anybody, I was just putting in my 2 cents worth.