I knew it could be if you let it. I started out with mostly used gear except for my radio and over the years I slowly bought really good stuff but mostly on sale items, almost never retail.
I was mostly into U-control and free flight most of my life and knew how much RC would cost if you let it.
I still scratch build my own planes or get kits at auction for almost nothing and change out gear as needed when I'm tired of flying one of my planes. I just happen to be out of good servos right now and have A nice plane on my bench but nothing I'm flying I want to hang up so I'm stuck for A while.
Maybe I will make A mistake and kill something?? Hasn't happened in A long time but it could.[)]