Haha Mike, I was able to do that for a little while. But shes smart enough to know when theres something new in the garage. Specially when its sitting on the rollaround table that's parked in the garage where her car is supposed to be I've done very well in making smart purchases and flying them like they are my only engine/plane/etc. In most cases, its because they were. This is only the second time I've had two planes ready to fly (the third is a small hangar queen now after tearin the gear and a couple of formers out of it). I got into the habit of finding something I like, and then flying the heck out of it, and making mods to it to suit me. I even sold my trainer that I flew for 18 months without a major smack that I learned to fly on. That offset the cost towards the next plane. I also got alot of equipment used, and played with it alot. As long as you know who the builder is and their compitency, you can get a notch better equipment used than you can buying a new item. But I am also very selective about those items. I try hard not to make those snap impulse buying decisions (the spazzler, err dazzler kit thats still in the box, well, most of it is (now the parts box). Which brings me back to this matrix. This is something that I may have to break down and snap one up, regardless of spousal interference I may even have to snap up a new 4 stroke 70-80 for it as well.


Steve