Originally Posted by
Chris P. Bacon
Good job on the economic comparison. While your comparison includes gasoline, you neglected vehicle wear and tear, depreciation, maintenance, increased chances of an accident, etc.
Based on your economic comparison, what lifestyle changes will you be making and when do you plan to implement them?
Good point on the maintenance. It's non zero to be sure, but I considered it small and more challenging to quantify in relation to the other issues for the purposes of this comparison.
As to what lifestyle changes? Now that I've built a rig to carry more than one helo to the park, I'll probably fly more. I'll add some additional pieces that make it easy to carry a plane or two as well. Once I get my 600 sized nitro burner ready, I'll add a way to carry that and fuel as well. I can't fly at the park (too small), but the local school has a huge open space, and that's only about a 200 yard walk.