ORIGINAL: B.L.E.
A typical progression goes kind of like this;
Start with a .40 size trainer
Switch to a .40 sport plane
Switch to a .60 to 1.20 sport or scale plane.
Get your first "big bird" and become a total big bird snob, forgetting all about your smaller planes
Auger in a $10,000 scale plane on it's maiden flight
Quit the hobby in disgust and ride motorcycles for a while
Rediscover your old .40 trainer or sport plane and how much fun they were
Very well said. The last 2 years I've flown 40 & 60 size plane almost exclusively. It's a great change of pace to fly a plane that cost a hundred bucks, so if you auger it in it doesn't hurt so much!!!! Another great plus is that they fit in my truck assembled, so there is no pain at the field of assembling and disassembling a plane. Even with the smaller size I still managed to burn through about $750 worth of fuel last year!!! [
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Ken