I have to echo the thoughts that all of you have shared...computer geeks and their affinity to R/C...and such. My first compensation for writing code was back in 1977 for programs that ran on a TRS-80. In 1984 I went to work in the corporate world writing code for IBM PC's....it was a big day when the first IBM-XT arrived in our group and landed on my desk. I started in R/C planes in 1990 and then had to take time away from the hobby in 1995 for personal reasons (children, wife, job, loss of local flying field, etc.). I'm happy to share that in the last year my "urges" to fly and build R/C finally got the better of me and I'm back into it. Cleaned off a few old planes, found a 2.4ghz radio, a good local club, and now I'm "bitten" again! RealFlight was my largest purchase this year, and it has been a lot of fun and helped me get the rust off my flying skills. So I'm still writing code as a consultant and I'm back to flying again...now if I could just work out the budget issue....<g>. Yes, this hobby is doing funny things to me too!

It's been great to connect with other R/C'ers on this forum.

-Mike