Originally Posted by
flycatch
Believe it our not it takes more than $100 dollars to get into the hobby. Initial investment will start at $500 or more. This applies to; gas, glow or electrics. Save your money and during the interim spend so time at the local flying field.
I got into it for just under $300 but that's because a member here was kind enough to give me a field box for free. I bought an older trainer than was never flown or even had the engine started. I paid just a hundred bucks for it but after buying new TX and RX batteries, fuel, and smalls bits and pieces here and there I had about three hundred into it when I took my first flight. That's not counting AMA membership.