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i just had an interesting talk w/ my friend... just when i was into 3D... this talk is changing what i think about my future.

i'm only 15, and next year i'm goin to be a sophomore in high school. i got started last summer and now i can do almost all 3D trick in the book. then my friend was talking about what i want to be and where i'm going to go. i want to be an Aeronautical Engineer, but she said that w/ all the money i've spent on Airplanes, and all the time on airplanes... where am i going to go after high school? will this just be a hobby for my next three year then Pooff...it's gone? how am i going go to college? how am i going to live? money? ( for planes and college)

had anyone here got to quit the hobby b/c of school? ( college particularly) how do you deal w/ this? i bet there are a lot of people out there who experienced this... how do you fix the probem?

Just my thought that popped out of my head...

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Family will do that to you too.

Budget your money, don't crash your planes as much and try to put in a few extra hours every week on the job. That's the best advice I can give. Don't quit the hobby though[X(]

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dont feel forced to EVER give up somthing unless its bad for you!

I gave up everything when i got married and had a child and I resented every moment of it until it destroyed my marraige and my life!

its 1 thing giving somthing up because you CHOOSE to but when you feel forced to do it its a WHOLE NEW GAME

goony PS good luck with college

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I see college students out at the field every weekend - in fact some of them are working on engineering projects so if that's what you want to be these "models" will only make you better.

When you're in college money will always be an issue but this hobby teaches decent problem solving skills to those who are successful and confuses those who aren't. Hopefully you're in the first group and if you are you'll solve this problem because the hobby taught you how to.

:D

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I'm back in school working on another degree. I sold off tons of stuff when I made the move but kept a couple of airplanes and now have 4 SPADS (www.spadtothebone.com) that I can build for cheap and fly the heck out of every weekend.

Believe me, when I was younger working on my undergraduate degree, I spent more on women and booze than I ever spent on airplanes.

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Ask Andrew Jesky...he is off to college next year....and I don't think he has any plans to quit.....



on a different note....

hey homebrewer...I have some hefeweizen wort on the burner as we speak! Yummy!

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i just hope i wouldn't have to be forced to quit this hobby when i'm off to college. this hobby is way fun... it passes my free time away. especially now that i can do 3D's.

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Please don't quit the hobby. It's a great hobby and since you can 3D don't stop.

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Im 16 and im a junior going on to be a senior after summer break. I am going through the same situation you are...I don't have a clue what i'll do. But I started christmas 2003, before then I had no clue at all what I wanted to do with my life. Then I got into this hobby, and now I am extremly dedicated and focused on being a full scale commercial pilot, if not for this hobby, I would probably be on the track to a career I will dread going to in the mourning. But in your case, for money, I would just play it by ear, dont make any plans to give up the hobby, you will always find time and money to buy a foamy, SPAD, or something you wont beable to tear up easy and is cheap and fun to fly. Thats how i'm hoping it will turn out for me.

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I can relate to that, i'm living it rite now. And i'm flying more than i did last year.

Over here, the BMFA(governing body) sponsors a university program which encourages engineering minded students to design build and fly a load lifting plane given a set engine and radio. Some pretty amazin entries come out of it. Maybe encouraging the college to run something similar could facilitate you with a field and some resources, possibly even transport if you ask nice. ;) just a thought.

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i will keep these things in mind...

save a set of radio, an engine or two, a spad, a foamy, and some equipments

i just want to keep going w/ this hobby since i've have spent so much time on being good. probaly when i'm in college i'll keep it low. i don't want to quit this CRAZY hobby...EVER!!!

because i my thought about this since i was 10 and started last year... it gave me my goal... to BECOME AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER. if it wasn't for this hobby i wouldn't have know what i want to be. so this hobby got me started for my dream, but in order to reach my dream, i MIGHT have to quit the hobby, funny thing isn't? all i want is to keep the hobby and my dream

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This hobby has very little importance when compared to an education. Work on the degree and quit the hobby for the time you are in college if need be. Think of the planes you can buy once you get that great job because of your education. If you work hard on the education you won't have a lot of time for much else.

I think I am offering the best advice so far.

Good luck with your higher education!

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You have time. I'm 18 and want to go into Aeronautical Engineering also. I'm designing my own models. I'm going to get the Air Force to pay for my education.(I simply love airplanes) The Air Force has many opportunities that you should check into. I don't plan to give up this hobby. I'll just have to take a break for a few months.:D

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1. family
2. education
3. airplanes

Those are the first three things on my importance list!

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I learned to fly at 13, by 14 I was flying a Kaos (ARF's didn't exist) with a K&B .61 and Futaba 4 channel radio that didn't even have servo reversing and cost a fortune. By 16 I quit planes for a drivers license, cars, college, got married, career, had kids, moved twice and 20 years later fell back into the hobby and love it even more then ever. Never heard of 3D, isn't all flying 3D, and these CHEAP radios and ARF's, now electics and lipos. The hobby is better then ever. Who would of imagined hovering a fixed wing plane [X(]

Don't worry about putting the hobby on hold, it will be there for you later and it will be even better.

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im 15 going to be a junior next year and i also have dreams of being an aeronautical engineer--next year im going to a vocational school to study aviation and i have had these same thoughts--i figured that if i keep on a budget with these planes and try not to buy new things for every new plane (use the same servos etc) i would be alright, i also thought that college probably wouldnt cut into flying time and in fact it might give me more than i get now--so i suggest budgeting your money now and you wont have to worry as much later

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Xoon

Let me tell you a story of a some of the guys at my field. One is an Aeronautical Engineer at the University of Maryland, just finished his masters. Another one was older and when back to get a third degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the age of 33, just finished getting AE degree. Another one left Maryland to go to Embry-Riddle! All kept flying during this time. Maybe not as much as they would have liked, some more than others but they all kept flying.

The key is budgeting your time and your money. Most of us older guys have families and jobs, but we still are able to fly and enjoy both if we budget our time and our money properly. Remember, flying will always be there and you can do it when you have time, but an education will last a lifetime.

My only advise is don't give up flying, go to school, budget your time and you will have fun doing both!

Good luck with your choice

Lee

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thanks for all of the great advice...so i just need to budget my time and money... when ever it gets in the way, stop. well i got three more years to go till college. i will get one more plane which is the FUNTANA 90 and the stuff for it then i will start saving.

is anyone out there experiencing this right now in their lives?

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LOL.... Don't worry. You will be so busy with coursework and so preoccupied with all the new college experiences that you won't even miss flying. I thought I would miss my hobbies and friends but once college started I didn't have time to look back.

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I'm with George E on the subject. I followed an almost identical path, except I wound up getting divorced and that provided me with the time to get back into RC. My hiatus was 15 years long and it was filled with a stint in the military, 2 births and whole host of other growing up activities that simply didn't leave time for playing with big-boy toys.

Like Gearge said don't worry, the hobby will be here when you return and will most likely be better and cheaper as well, offering more fun for the money. And if your worried about loosing your ability to fly, don't, it's like riding a bike as you may get rusty but you never forget.

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Soon as you get a girlfriend, you wouldn't even be asking questions. You would have just sold the stuff to get something for her, cause...........................ya like her and she likes you back:D And thats OK

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go to airschool hicks did
also if you build a A-Frame type foamie i will buy it ...very hooked on this type
yak54f

I am my own boss and I highly recommend it
have fun with the girls (:eek:those were the days:eek:)

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Started in R/C 32 years ago - left the hobby and returned 3x. Girls, firearms, girls, a full-scale Cessna 210RT, girls, horses, cowgirls, women, marriage, divorce, more women, marriage w/kids (kept this one - 17 years on Saturday!) and now Harleys, all distract from my lifelong interest in R/C. Now that I'm established in my life, I still have other interests that sometimes keep me away from R/C for a time, but I don't sell off my stuff only to later replace it at higher cost. I kept a 13' glider in my dorm room at college, had a spare bedroom dedicated to building in several apartments, and now have a 16x35' shop attached to my house - designed the house with the shop integral, built it all in one shot. My hobby has even provided me with gainful employment over the course of seven summers, teaching groups of disadvantaged youth to design and build R/C planes.
If you have a decent radio, motor and some sort of airframe, you can fly a whole lot cheaper than dinner and a movie. It helps to stay balanced - fly some, study some, chase some. If you fly too much, your grades will suffer. If you study too much, you will burn out and become ineffective and unhappy. If you chase too many girls, you'll forget to fly, study, eat.....

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GO ELECTRIC THEN U HAVE THE BEST OF 2 WORLDS ... HOBBY & COLLEGE
MAY BE CAN PICK-UP SOME GIRLS TOO ALONG THE WAY IF THEY APPRECIATE
THATS WHAT I PLAN AT LEAST
LIFE IS BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLL

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Im 15 and have had the same thought all to often. Money sucks, unless you have alot of it, lol.

To the point. I want to join the Airforce (another sucker for planes) and have thought about the time it (Air Force) will take out of my life, quite alot, but have decided, for those days off, keep the RCs and HAVE FUN. I am saving now for a 2.3m Comp ARF Extra, but have been thinking about how practical this would be once I am working and have a family. If you think about about it how many guys do you see at your club (assuming you fly at one) that have families and full time jobs. I know that about 80% of my club is made up of guys like this, and alot have been flying since they were in their late teens, early 20s. They might go away from the hobby for a few years but always come back to do it again once they have the time. KEEP THE PLANES is what Im trying to say.

Fly-guy