My first car was a Trans Am, one of the few back then with actual steering rather than a button for turn-reverse. It was a Christmas present somewhere in the neighborhood of '78 or so. The batteries were my first NiCads. That experience led to all sorts of different surface vehicles before I ever attempted a heli. So... The first heli, just a few years ago, effectively trimmed two fruit trees in the backyard. After several sets of rotor blades and repairs, I went back to buggies. Heh.