Originally posted by Flyfalcons
Brad,
You mentioned that the MkII has a steerable nosegear, but the LT40 has one as well. I think you'll find the operating costs of planes to be much cheaper than rockets of any sort, barring any crash damage/repair. I could easily fly 20 bucks worth of D engines in a day (that's only six flights), but it takes some time for me to go through a 15 dollar gallon of glow fuel.
Ah, I see. The sig website doesn't mention it on the LT-40 page, so I assumed it didn't. Would be easily modifiable I'm sure anyways.
You're right about the operating costs of r/c aircraft being cheaper than rockets. Right now, the cheapest rocket to fly that I have costs $20 CAN for one engine. The one I was in the process of building would have cost $500 CAN for one engine. I basically pay about $250 for each minute of enjoyment. Once launched, it's out of sight in 5-7 seconds and then I wait over a minute and a half for it to come back down. Now, that price for the engine doesn't include the engine casing (another $500), the rocket itself, or the electronics inside. Could you imagine how much $500 would last in terms of "minutes of enjoyment" in the r/c hobby?
