newbie ?
 

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this part of the hobby. Used to have RC cars back when i was younger. Always fascinated with the planes. I just recently joined a club and cant wait to get started with my first plane. Love this site. Find it very informative. Well guess I should get to my ?. I was just wondering if anyone gets bored with it and if so what do you do to keep it interesting and exciting. I really dont think i will get bored, but was just wondering if it might have happened to anyone?

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yep it happens..I started with a .40 trainer at a snobby field with a "trainer" who never showed up to train (actually I think I saw him twice) plane crashed and got fixed a few times, a few others helped me to learn, and I think the last straw was my 10 year old step daughter slammed the door on my wing.. not her fault but I had had it with the field and trainer, so I never fixed it and that was 10 years ago,,but recently I got into schoolyard electric planes, btw that field is now defunct and growing corn, if you learn to fly and understand your gonna put some $ into the hobby and enjoy it then it can/will always be challenging to you, some folk just like to loaf around the sky and are happy with a trainer for a long time, others want to learn to soar in a week (generally not a good idea) but you get the picture.. people are different.. I am ADHD and get bored with anything in minutes so I may not be your best advice.. but welcome aboard.. Rog :p

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Building planes for @ 5.00 per airframe and dogfighting them never gets boring!

Combat!!!! (Check out the topic here):D

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forumdispl...?s=&forumid=74

newbie ?
 

This is one of those things that can never be mastered. There are an infinite number of skill plateaus to achieve. That is true for the flying and the building. Even if you are the best at your club, you are still competing with yourself.
The hobby is constantly evolving and there seems to be a constant influx of technology. From Park Flyers to turbines to choppers to twins to scratch building, there are more disciplines than anyone can master all at once. Been there? Done that? There is plenty more to try! Pylon racing, scale, TOC, IMAC, mini MAC , float planes, pattern, warbirds, combat, formation, and believe it or not . slow flight is a ball.
And the people ! The BEST friends I have ever had have come from this hobby. One of the greatest things about this hobby is the people and the "mix" of people. Lawyers and pipe fitters hanging out together! All walks of life, all incomes, all sociological stratums mixed up and nobody cares who makes what or who does what! Its like we are all kids. That alone tells you there is something special going on in this hobby.

never get bored...
 

Its a great hobby with many more different aspects than people realize. If you get bored with what you are doing, it doesn't take long to find something different in the hobby to keep it fun and interesting. At first its building your first plane and then learning how to keep it in the air for longer than a few seconds. If you stop there and just fly your trainer only on calm days then yes it can get boring because the challenge is gone. Start flying in more windy conditions and start learning inverted flying and the challenge is back! Got that perfected so that you can do it without thinking and then you can look into faster more responsive low wing planes. Get a good one that has a wide speed range that can hover in the wind or crank up to 90 mph in level flight and its not likely that you will get bored for a long time. If you like building a lot, then you can look into scratch builiding from plans or come up with your own design. Use about the same measurements borrowed from other planes with your own ideas thrown in and the plane will probably fly well. If you need a change of pace you can start training newbies with their shiny new trainers. Want a different sound on the front of your plane then you can get into twins. The hobby will only get boring if you run out of ideas. :cool:

newbie ?
 

I think it's human nature to get bored with doing the same thing over and over,including r/c.I enjoy building as well as flying,the weather and mood I.m in determines which I want to do.I fly at three different clubs,plus I enjoy going to different clubs and events,some week ends a couple of us load planes in the 5th wheel then stay at an event in a different city or state.Over twenty years of flying and fourty of building,I still enjoy putting the trainer in the air,as well as the Edge or Ultimate,as Tatto said, try combat, it's a blast for the fliers as well as the specators,never bored sometimes tired from lack of sleep.

Interesting question........
 

I must admit that I go through times where for a month or so I just take a break from flying. Still, I believe it's the best hobby in the world. It's going to take you a season or two to just get the basics down of putting an ARF together, then tuning the engine, and of course, keeping your plane in the air. After that, at least for me, the planes get bigger, you might get a 4-stroke engine to broaden your skills, along with retracts, glow drivers, flaps, and on down the line. Doing stunts is a whole subject by itself. Sometimes after you crash you want to hang it up, too, but take it from a crash-expert, just get another plane - one that you can handle - and get back in there. I used to drive monster trucks, too, but I got tired of fixing them all the time, plus there's something about FLIGHT that makes it all worth while. I've been flying for about 6 years and I know for a fact that there's ALOT more to know in this hobby.