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Last night at 11pm I'm out in my back yard waiting on the dog to do her business. It was one of those beautiful winter evenings. Crisp but not cold, it was so calm your breathe would hang in the air for minutes, peaceful, quiet, it was an evening worthy of a novel. I had one thought and one thought only running through my head.....I gotta get my heli and get out here....it's too calm to pass up flying in this weather! It's not too cold so if I ditch it's not going to eat up parts, yet cool enough I'll get better performance cause the lipo and motors will stay cool! It's just too perfect not to fly. Hi my name is Shane an I'm an addict, a helicopter junkie!

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Recent conversation I had with my girlfriend when she found me staring out the back window:

What are you looking at?
The trees.
Oh yea they're looking really pretty this fall.
Oh, I was just checking if the wind was moving the leaves too much for me to fly in it.

She just sighed and walked away. :eek:

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You're not alone Brothers,

as I too look for the treetop leaves rustling;

My name is Gary and I have no apologies.

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Hi ,My name is Bill and I have a flag in the back yard I use as a wind sock. And I'm not proud to say I havn't flown outside in a week.I feel better now:eek:

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My name is Max and the last of my 4 batteries is almost charged. I will be flying after I grade papers today in the school cafeteria. I spend all day thinking about flying, even running a 5 min fligth during my class, I am an addict too.

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hey guys its chris, yeah i agree im an addict as well. i have a pink ribbon hanging from the clothes line in my backyard i use to mesure the wind. its nice having my workshop facing the backyard, my desk is in front of the window facing the clothes line so i never miss a minute. do you think there is a chance of a helicopters anonomous coming around anytime soon. :)

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I'm Joe and I'm an addict too, wife says I'm a big baby, mom tells me to grow up, dad tells me he can't belive I still play with little toys...I tell them all to stop paying my bill's and mind they're business.

I love to fly and while on disability I awake at 5am every morning to make sure batteries are charged and as soon as daylight shines thru the thick clouds I open the garage door, and away she goes flying slow and careful not to brake blades, soon the wind will pick up and that will be it for the day.... This week I went thru 8 sets of lower blades and 5 upper. waiting for 200.00 worth of upgrades:D I have cx2 with alum upgrades and 5 sets of batteries, three chargers, and lots of spare parts. over 500.00 just on the cx2.... I have over 1000.00 on my piccolo pro.

Joe

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Well I haven't flown since the fence knocked my heli out of the air. And now it seems to rain when I get off work but it is sunny while I'm working. So I sit in my office a daydream about flying.

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I have the addiction also, Im now taking AAA meetings...oh, oh sorry, HFDAC....Heli-Fever-Drug-Addiction-Classes...it helps me keep calm while the lipos charge and balance...Its a hard time, but ill fight the addiction...



Oh SNAP! There charged, ill post ya later gotta go!!!

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Ha! :D Because you all admit you are addicts, that means that you are perfectly normal! :D

I, on the other hand, am fine. No problems here... Just flew two packs on the TREX.... headed downstairs to upgrade the CX2 to MH swash and lower head.... Gotta replace blades on the other CX2... the head popped off my Walkera; gotta fix that...

Nope. I am JUST FINE! :)[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

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Jeeze, now I feel like the corner pusher man, peddling heli wares to the addicted.

Of course, I'm my best client!

Michael

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You are my dealer, Michael! :)

Gotta keep me in new Heli stuff, which means that as you grow more successful, you have to take on new products to keep me interested! :)

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Alton here, I'm a new addict, only two weeks in and I've already worn out my motors.......my local dealers are out of stock..........having withdraws........just .. need .. one .. more .. hit ..............help!:(

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My name is Rich and I am also a addict.I really need help I am find my self sneaking part past the wife.HELP

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:D:D:D Thats me too... I really take the cake.... wife says I need help, I really need to see a doctor... I dont know if there's any for spending too much on hobby.... I charge on wife's credit card without telling her , wait for ups to shop up and then explain to her (lie) parts were 15.00 when the really cost 135.00.... on payday before credit card statement I give her 135.00 and explain that I bought some much needed parts for broke hobby....LOL:D wife on the other hand is [:@] and then I sleep on couch with my heli for 2-3 days:(


Joe

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I am also an addict.
I'm on my way to the hard stuff.
At first , the cx seemed like a safe fix but I was soon into the harder spiked stuff when the CPPRO Came home.
Then another addict let me try his stuff , a trex 450 and soon I was sneaking another Heli into the basement away from prying wife eyes.

I have now hit rock bottom in my addiction and am contemplating using the hard stuff.
I know I shouldn't but T-rex 600 is on sale at my local pushers shop.

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Comedians are we..lol thats good.

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I am a HUGE rc addict. it also upsets me when I can't fly for a week, stupid weather! [:o] I can't enagine it when it is to cold to stand still for 5 minutes let alone fly for a whole pack. I won't be able to fly for a month or two. oh well at least I have my flight sim to keep me company, always next year:eek:

Wings 540

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po1rogue...i bet my srt4 will beat your cobra addiction!!!

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I know how you feel I can't fly for months on end outside because of the stupid wind. The great thing about the CX is you can fly indoors when you want no matter what the weather conditions are like.

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What if power goes out in the dark...lol ha. didnt think of that.

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Hi there,
This is a funny thread....makes me think of home......I am wondering, is there a forum for heli-widows...like alnon, only for loved ones with heli addictions?
lol
Seriously, I think it's fun to watch *S* fly his heli. He gets a little grin that makes me smile. On the other hand, when he crashes....well, that's a whole other story. haha

fly on

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My name is Ruben, i'm over 3000 miles away from all of you guys and i check RCU on my smartphone in bed, because of the time difference... I'm not addicted, just interested ;).

And i too watch the trees for wind-conditions, which makes me sad, as the change of seasons causes storms... But on the other hand, i've found three indoor area's (indoor-hockey field, a custom-car shop and a large warehouse!) which i'm gonna try with my HDX when i receive the new parts! :D

The little CX2 got a bit neglected over the past weeks, i'm gonna take her out for a spin this afternoon. To show her that she isn't forgotten ;)

And heli-widow, you might team-up with my misses, she loves that heli's make me happy, but she hates that i'm neglecting her too :). Also, who's *S*? :)

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i bought mine a nice ring for christmas like she wanted (2 carat ruby solitare with diamonds around it in 14k gold) so she'll buy me a trex 600 !!!!


edge

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Thats a good idea cp+! now I know what to do with my girlfriend...wait...dont rings cost more than a heli.....lol NOT! with me, i can be as expesive, as much as my girlfriend..
yea its possible with my want list.

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I don't have a problem.

I fly, upgrade and spend money. Then I fly, crash and spend more money...No Problem.

Gotta go, so I can get to work early for a few flights.
Work...early? OK, maybe I do have a problem.

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what motors?

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fixed the problem.. and getting my hits...awwwwww.....sooooo....gooood.
It wasn't the motors, but don't worry I've read many many good things about you USHOBBYSUPPLY and when it is time for some stronger $h!t I'll be looking you up.

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sounds like you are in denial wolfpackin[sm=biggrin.gif][sm=biggrin.gif]

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IT IS THE MOTORS! I'm so lost and confused... Everyone is just telling me to just put it down, but I CAN"T [>:]!

I'm going to order a sack of xtreme from ushobbysupply. I heard he has stuff to make me really FLY!

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HCFM, I'm not only an addict, i'm the company president.

No, not Hair club for men.

HELI CLUB FOR MEN (and of course ladies are welcome too)

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Here is a stroy and a picture of what happens when your addiction is to strong.

A week ago I was walking down my driveway gedtting my CP ready to fly. I was talking on my cell to my wife when I turned the radio on after I turned it on I was cradling it in my left arm as I plugged the battery into the CP. As I was trying to move the radio down to my left hand I bumpped the throttle up stick. Around and Around the blades started to go while I was still holding the CP by the boom. The next thing I knew the blades had hit the middle finger on my right hand, as I felt the pain shoot through my finger I couldn't get myself to toss the heli as I was afraid I would end up breaking something. When it was over the heli laid on the ground and part of my finger nail had been tore off by the blades.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/DSC02207.jpg

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I don't know how many times I have done that...and like you I always hesitate in throwing the heli. Luckily it's only been with my CX2 so no scars! I have finally learned to turn on the tx and set it down...then power up the bird. Same drill at the end of the flight....set tx down, unplug lipo, turn off tx. Took me a month to figure that out :)

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Ouch. I had a similar incident where I was carrying both heli and transmitter in one arm and tried to open a door. Got myself some good cuts on the wrist there, and that was at about 1/3 throttle on a nearly empty battery. Really gave me some respect for how badly it would hurt a person if I clipped them at speed.

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I'll call this SAVE THE FINGURE MOD. Right when I first got my heli I was always afraid of that, well afraid of damaging my copper so I did used rubber band to hold the stick down when I'm not flying and have never done a unwanted startup.

Slips on and off like a ......:eek:hehe.

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My DX7 has a throttle-hold switch, which does the same ;).

(Not to brag, just a 'funny' remark :)).