Sure you can. Around here you can get a nice 1 bedroom apartment for about $300-$400 a month. Let's say an inexpensive lease on something like a Corolla - $250 a month + $400 every 6 months for insurance, or you could get into an older used car for $150-$200 amonth, and $250-$300 every 6 months on insurance. Utilities in this tiny apartment might be about $75 a month. Food = $250 a month, and that could be lowered. Let's say post-tax income of $13,000/year on a $16,000/year income. That gives about $1000 a month. After food and everything it is feasbile that you'd have $100-$300 that you could spend if you decided not to save anything. That's enough to get a .40 - .60 size plane into the air. You may not get everything all at once, but if you saved for a few months, or bought used stuff from people you know, then it is entirely feasible.
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Depends on where you live and your spending habits. I'd imagine someone on $16k a year could fly .60 size planes and still pay their bills, so long as they were really careful and didn't live in an expensive part of the country.
I don't find this statement very realistic, sorry. At 16K you are barely scraping by on housing/utilities as far as I can see. And most of us like to eat every few days. I can't put a minimum amount on this really but 16K is IMO rediculous.
Everyone needs a place or thing to vent (hobby) but RC is far from cheap. Expenses can be held down but never cheap IMO. Small electrics may be the cheapest way to go but
MAY be the least fun to some. Even these take an initial investment though.
NorfolkSouthern - I do wish you success in rebuilding your finances. I've struggled with that in the past too.
NOT any fun.[:@]