I inherited a hobby gene from my father. I've had numerous hobbies all my life and I'm getting very close to sixty. In the past I've dabbled in drag racing, back before I had a family and you could by a factory muscle car for $5K, oil painting, hunting, skeet shooting, black powder guns, handguns (pre-brady bill), homebrewing, astronomy,which led to amature telescope making, which led to mirror making, which led to making a ccd camera, which led to digital electronics, which led to computers. I'm now building and flying rc airplanes. Compared to all the other hobbies I've had rc is about medium middlewize as for as money spent. Cheaper than astronomy and more exspensive than brewing beer. My best friend of over 30 years says he's been able to experience and participate in all these hobbies with out spending a dime. Wish I knew someone like that. Any way the fun factor far out weighs the cost. I've often felt sorry for a lot of people I know who never experienced the thrill and excitement of a new found interest. Besides as long as you can stay away from flying ,full size airplanes, or sailing you should be able to get by with out a second morgtage.

Oscar