Treeseeker

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I have been told many times that the No. 1 rule of flying r/c airplanes is to NEVER FALL IN LOVE with them. For myself...I have a thing for all of my birds with most of them being out of production and hard to replace. I see guys at the flying club and at events that when they "Pile it in" it's just seems like not that much of a big deal. I mean sure....it sucks...but I think I will cry like a baby and need theropy after the fact and I know....One day it's going to happen!

banktoturn

" 'Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never have loved at all "

- - Saint Augustine

Fly your plane, love your plane, if necessary, mourn your plane. Then build another and start over.

banktoturn

ChuckAuger

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After you pile in about the 20th "plane of love", it'll start to numb you out. It used to get to me, now I just laugh it off and go have a cool one.

Jim_McIntyre

... you need to fly more often.

WHen it does happen, use that emotion to convince the wife you need consolation, get permission to burn some plastic at the LHS.

Mettler1

I look at it this way. If I crash an airplane on the first flight and did $400.00 worth of damage it was a $400.00 flight. If it crashes on the 100th flight it only cost me $4.00 a flight!

Never put anything in the air than what you can afford to lose on the first flight! If I do lose one I realy feel bad for a little while then get on with the next one.

That's another reason I won't build scale. You put your soul into a plane and then it breaks your heart.

I find after the first dozen flights I really start to enjoy flying a new plane. Then the fun starts.

Jim_McIntyre

Some prefer the merry-go-round, I prefer the big roller coaster.

You get out of it what you put in, the highs are higher, the lows are lower.

Check this out:
Fokker Dr1

and here's the maiden flight, 2 weeks before team trials :
Dr1 Maiden flight

I did make the team, flew at the worlds and have the pavement rash to prove it. My DR1 lives on to fly another day.

js3

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Every plane crashes; it's just a matter of when and how bad.

Tattoo

Save the bank account and build from plastic...

Thanks Jim...it's been awhile!!!

My last love affair was a Typhoon...went down on it's second sortee

skypupmut

I have had a 1964 version Kaos was given to me after a radio malfonction crash (common in 1968) this plane 1st flew in 1967
have flown it most year since 1985 over 300 flights on it
last spring after giving instructions to 3 diff flyers decided to fly the Kaos it's tx is my trainer box also
and this veteran flight ins tructor took of with ailerons reversed
( shame) MDS .68 took it for a very fast take off and roll over to it's almost demise
wing almost intack fut fusr totalled I rebuilt an other one and it will fly again I realy love the smooth and gracefull ways of the Kaos my other loved one is a Balsa USA EAA Bipe ( an other story)
I realy enjoy it

MinnFlyer

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I don't know what's broken my heart more... women or airplanes.

Fortunately, they're both replaceable

rc-sport

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But its cheaper to replace a plane