It was the screaming Pattern planes that got me interrested in R/C, if I had gone to field back in the late 70s and saw a bunch of farting 4-strokes and electric powered childrens toys lofting around in the breeze I would n't have got the bug. Same with boats it's much more exciting when you have twin OPS engines screaming by turning 30k at 80mph with just the props in the water verses the sleepy electics putt putting around the lake at 30 mph.