Bordem? How long for you?
 

I built my first model (eagle II) when I was 21. I finally got the guts and gumption to fly last year (31). I flew with my brother for about 3 months every other week. And solo'd with him there right at the very end. This year I flew once with someone else there, and then solo'd from there on in. I have gone through a gallon of fuel in my trainer and am already starting to feel bored.
So what do you do about it? I don't want to leave the hobby, but I just don't feel like I am as excited as I used to be. Heck after my 3rd time solo'n I was thinking..ok this is a rush..but I need more.

I am thinking of putting my sailplane together and seeing what I can do with it. A challenge so to speak with those rating systems. I also am working on a biplane that is beyond my skill at the moment. I am thinking of purchasing a goldberg Tiger II to learn a taildragger and a low wing plane.

What else would you suggest? How long till you started feeling ...eh...about everything? Or is it the love and passion of your life for years and years now? Just wondering.

I had fun flying today, but there is rarely anyone flying when I go. And I am noticing I am doing silly stuff now to keep the fun alive. Fast dives, etc. I took about 5 minutes to see if I could climb my plane up to the point that I could barely see it. It was fun flyign way up there but my neck hurt after awhile hehe. The controls seem to get a bit sluggish also.

Anyway, I just want your opinion. I know I am going to be yearning to fly when winter breaks which has yet to truly come in so far. 65 today ..amazing!

S

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Try increasing the throws and moving the CG back.

Also how about some aerobatics can you make a loop the is perfectly round with the entry and exit points at the same altitude?
Landings can you make the plane land in a scale like manner?

If that doesn't do it go to walmarts and by a tank of helium for 20.00 then have a friend release them and try to break them with the prop???

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For me it's a passion, anythign that flies. But I do have other hobbies. Mostly R/C related. But I also build paper models, and Lego.

That's the definision of a hobby. somehting that you can keep yourself entertained with for as long as you want.

Becoming a better pilot is all what's it's all about. While you have the trainer, and are thinking of another build, try to hone your flying skills. Trainers will do most aerobatic manouvers, practice them. You can fly in the winter.... You will also start to look forward to windy days, as trainers make good 'stringless kites'. Vertical landings, and jsut floating the plane in front of you is a blast!

The flyinig feild is also a social gathering. Most men I know fly for that reason alone!! to get away from the wife for a few hours!! :):) -poking fun everyone.. we all go home to our wives!! :)

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R/C is a passion for me too but I collect nose gobblins too. [&:]

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I was in the same boat. I flew my trainer, then moved on to a big stik, then this, then that, so on and so on. Eventually I realized that my real passion was buying new planes. I enjoyed the maiden flight then I sold for something else.
It wasn't until recently that my obsession to buy turned to an obsession to fly. It took me somewhere around 15 planes before I found one that kept my excitement.
It was a SPAD. I built the QHOR because it was a "New Plane". Took it to the field for the traditional (Fly land sell buy build). I never looked back. I now sit at my desk all week counting down to those 3 precious hours of flying time I get each week.
Anyhow. I think it comes down to finding the right plane. Flying something that is on the edge of your abilities will help. I am now building a H9 1/3 Sukhoi which is the first plane I bought in months.

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I look at it this way - it does not matter how good I get, there is always something new to do, something new to try, the knowledge that I can always get better.

With those challenges in front of me, how can I possibly be bored?

BTW my favourite flying is freeflight handlaunch glider - the humble old chuckie. If ever you get bored, build one and try for 60 second flights. Make 9 x 60 secs from 9 flights and you can put yourself up for local if not world records. That for me is my challenge. Never boring, NEVER!!! My average is in the 45 sec range over 9 flights. The national record is average 58 secs over 6 flights so I got some way to go yet. :):)

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I love everything about RC, but I get bored at times too. Try different planes when you get better, that is part of the fun. There is a guy here in my club, who builds a plane, and can't keep it for two months, he gets bored and moves on. He says that is how he enjoys the Hobby/Sport, he likes to try all the planes! LOL Some guys are that way, some are not. There is so much you can do and try, this is such a diverse hobby. Browse around on RCU, tons of information at your finger-tips, people on here have done it all, but try what makes you happy. There already has been some great posts by others here to help you out. I think you will have more fun when you move past your trainer and try a different design. I was bored many years ago with my trainer after I could solo and fly on my own. That all changed when I moved to my second plane which was an Ultra Spot .40, got real exciting! LOL I always say,"fly it until you are bored and then move on". LOL

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The more I fly the more I want to fly. I have had the passion since pre school days. Competion has kept my interest up along with being club president for the last 2 years. Club instructor allows me to see the passion build in others. I have also seen it diminish and die in some. Most that don't stick with this didn't realize in the beginning just how much it takes to learn to fly properly and to have the plane that lasts for several hundred or thousands of flights. There are so many aspects of this hobby it keeps you from being bored. I also love to build which seems to by a dieing art. This keeps me busy in bad weather. Hanging out at an active club will also inspire. Pattern, 3D, Warbirds, IMAC, Scale, Racing, Combat or Fun Fly it really doesn't matter. Go fly and have fun. The more proficient you become the more fun you will have.

EXCAP232

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Hi, I used to do this with my son but like all teenagers at 16 soon Im the last on the alotted time list. I even got him his own Slow Stick to train with but its collecting dust. I also tried to get my retired father involved [we used to c/l fly in the 70s a lot] But I find myself doing similar things to spice up the flight times. Going to electrics that I can fly from my door step breaks up the bordom at times but most of all its the building that keeps me going. I can almost never complete a model before I start another. And I have kits on the shelf waiting there turn. Flying some 1/2A stuff will keep you on your toes too. The key is to fly different machines often and Keep building. I seem the crash enough thru the year to always have a repair or remodel job to do. And adding improvements where poss. That seems to be my true passion. And hey if we arent crashing once and a while were not flying. Or we are board with the way we are.
Keith

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R/C is life

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On my way to and from the flying field today, I thought about your post that I read yesterday and decided to respond. It’s hard for me to understand “bored”. The word that keeps coming up in the responses is “Passion”. I think there are at least a couple of things here and neither will be fixed for long by trying new stunts.

First, you may have gotten into radio control for the wrong reasons. Maybe to do something with your brother, or some of your friends are in it, or you just thought it would be cool. If that is the case, do a little introspection to see if there is anything else that resembles a passion in your life then go follow it.

Second, you don’t say your age but you sound as if you may belong to that younger generation that has been entertained from birth. They grew up with TV, movies, computer games, and all manner of complex and wonderful toys. There has always been some new thing to catch their fancy and it was always superseded by the next new thing. With that kind of background it’s not unusual to have a short attention span that is never satisfied with anything for very long. To such a one life itself eventually becomes boring. If that is your case I can only offer you my pity.

I have been many things over the past seventy two years, but “bored” was not one of them.

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I'm waaaaaaay past passionate about R/C. I think I'm stuck in it :D

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There are a lot of things you can do. My Wife says that I am a perfectionist in this hobby and I have set it up that way on purpose. I always strive to build the next plane better then the last one and loving scale this can keep you busy for a long time. When it comes to flying find a plane that will do all the stunts then pick one and practice it till it's perfect then move to the next stunt. I always set up a challenge for myself and i make it hard so I have to put effort into it, nothing worse in my book then picking something that you know will be easy because soon you will lose interest in it.

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I've been flying for 10 years now and I still get impatient on the 15 minute drive to the field. The last hour at work all I can think about is the moment I'm finally unloading at the field. Once I'm at the field, its all good... unload, talk to others, begin to enter "The Zone" :D I wake up in the morning and mentally fly maneuvers on my ceiling tile. I have a sickness.

"Hello, my name is Brian and I'm an R/C addict."

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I used to autocross in the summer and ice race in the winter with an RX7. After selling it I was bored in the wintertime. Visting the local hobby shop there sat a CGM Cub in the box and memories of my youth came back.
I can build this and fly it I said to my self! After building it I tried to fly it in my back yard. I ended up with a very pretty stall turn upon takeoff. Picked up the pieces and rebuilt it. Found the local club and joined. Eventually learned to fly the Cub.
That was 14 years ago. Every winter I build a new plane with thoughts of flying the heck out of it. Sometimes it takes 2yrs. before I get the nerve to fly my new creation. I still have most of my planes that I built, I can't seem to get rid of any of them. Too much pride in the building of them I guess.
Sometimes I get bored and don't go in the workshop but the passion always comes back. Try some different aspect of the hobby. Right now our club has indoor flying. My son (10 yrs) built a free flight and now got me building one. Boy have I learned a lot from this! It actually involves a lot more than just wind up the rubber band.
I am trying to instill the passion into my son so hopefully after the "GIRLS" age he stay or come back into the hobby. Right now he is on his 3rd year flying a EAGLE 2. If you have been flying ARF's try building one, it will definatly take care of your boredom for a while.
Going out out to the field and seeing everybody's creations fly and the flying talent that a few of our members have keeps me striving towards that goal! BORED? Never!

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i started to fly a couple years back now have 5 planes including a 1/2a racer which we race weekends corona electric helicopter and traxxas e-car so no matter what the weather is im doing something either indoors or out hehe

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a.) Learn to ride a motorcycle.
b.) Learn to fly ultralights.
c.) When you get bored with those, go back to flying R/C.
d.) repeat;)
The chain will remain unbroken!!

Jetts

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Hi there Sincraft,
I also am a beginner and this was my first season at flying R/C planes. I also built the CG Eagle II trainer. I flew on the G2 sim for the entire winter prior to my flying last spring, so fortunately I picked up flying faster. I still remember the first time my instructor gave me the controls ( what a adreline rush ), I also remember that I had to hand him over the controls once because I was trembling and felt weak due to so much concentration. I went thru 6 gallons of fuel in that trainer in 4 months ( I couldn't get enough flying in ) I would dedicate once a week just to practice lands, I'd have that plane landing like a scale plane, I would not except anything less. I'd practice figure eights, tail spins, stalls, inside and outside loops, knife edges ( at a severe sink rate ) and my favorite, flying inverted figure eights. After all these months of flying with no mishaps, I felt I had this flying hobby mastered. I took my plane up again and I was doing my regular flying routines when I was saying to myself this is to easy now, there's no challenge, and was starting to feel a little bored. Then there I was flying that trainer inverted like I thought I was flying my Cap 232 on the Sim when low and behold I was coming in inverted too low and had a brain cramp and just couldn't pull out of it and I heard that crunch of balsa. That sound and feeling I had at that moment was sickening. That accident took the wind right out of my sails! I haven't flown since, I couldn't believe how disappointed I was in myself. I know at least for myself that bordom and challenge come hand in hand. If I don't have a challenge I get bored and lose my interest in anything. With this hobby you have the oppurtunity to challenge yourself to the limits, you can fly your trainer in circles and land, or you can fly turbine powered jets at over 200 MPH. I happened to go to the TOC in Vegas last month (Oct) and was able to see world class pilots like Chip Hyde and Jason Shulman, to see a event like that will give anyone motivation. You will also realize as a beginner pilot that the stunts these guys pull off make it look so easy and you will need years of practice even to come close. Your only flying a trainer now, wait till you work your way up to more expensive planes and realize those accidents will cost you substancial money to fix and your now your concentration level just got real high. Look at these guys with beautiful aerobactic planes flying a few feet off the deck inverted, and doing blenders and coming out of it low to the deck. I know that I would like to come close to those skilled pilots and that's what keeps my interest in the hobby (besides I love building kits and seeing it fly) there's a long challenging road in front of you in this hobby,and it's up to you to see how far you can go.

Best if luck,

Pat

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Boredom, what's that? I have never gotten bored with flying and I have been flying for the majority of my life. True I am only 20, so the majority of my life isn't that long, but it is a good while for me.:D My suggestion to rid yourself of boredom, is to get a different plane that is more difficult to fly and will do the type of flying you are interested in whether it be 3D, scale, pattern, etc. The most important part of this hobby is having fun and if you aren't then something is wrong.

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I was all alone flying my Byron F-16 one day and was getting bored of the same flying maneuvers when my gf came up to me and gave me a Peppermint Pattie......all of the sudden I had this cooling sensation come over me as if I was inside the F-16 PULLING HIGH G MANEUVERS, KICKING THE AFTERBURNER AS I AM GOING VERTICAL, DOING A SPLIT S TO REVERSE DIRECTION AND LOOKING AT SOME IDIOT HOLDING A RADIO CONTROL THRU MY HUD WHILE I WAS READY TO FIRE AN AIM-9..........................................Then my gf slapped me on the head and I landed.


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