ORIGINAL: jnatale3
Well said man! I am enjoying the hobby. All three of my aircrafts have seen some small carnage (all easily repaired) and that is good I got the first crashes over with. I am learning to be more confident and am having fun too. Thanks for the tips man. :-)
Best of luck to you and if you enjoy flying alone, then do so and down the line, you will probably slowly move to participating with a club. I statted into RC that way. I was previously a hard-core competitor in CL Stunt and several Free Flight Events, but dabbled in several other CL/FF events. When I got into RC, I started alone. Then needed help, got some, and back to Lone-Wolf. Since I knew a number of modelers in the area, it was only just a slide to get into a club. That is when the hobby SPORT became really enjoyable.
There will always be someone you don't care for in a club. There will be many more that you become great friends with and then the in-betweens. THAT's LIFE!
Once you want to get out for more fun, if not already, join the AMA. Then start attending some of the various Club's Fly-Ins and Fun Flys. Lap up all the info and techniques you can, Be a friendly talker and you will have many opportunities to learn, not just flying but stuff you may wish to keep in your thinking pocket. You will quickly learn when and how to separate wheat from chaff.
Now one piece of advice:
When you join the AMA, they send you a large bag of marbles. Each time you attend a flying event, trade-show or such you have to THROW AWAY A MARBLE! It's TRUE!
Then once you have LOST ALL YOUR MARBLES, AMA MAKES YOU A LEADER MEMBER AND CONTEST DIRECTOR!
YEAH they do!