Someone that doesn't do the RC thing would think that flying airplanes would be more expensive than driving RC cars. With all the crashed planes and all. My experience is.... I have 4 planes that are all sitting there ready to take to the field and fly. My monster truck on the other hand, is sitting there broken waiting to be fixed. RC cars take a lot more abuse than planes and cost so much more because of broken parts. I have more money in my monster truck than any of my planes and it's sitting there collecting dust. Flying is the way for me!!