I want the top cap ARF... i got the money, I just have to convince my dad to let me buy it. Got any suggestions...

Make the "A" honor roll all year at school?........Betcha want me to delete this post dont ya???? heehee

John, you're on a roll today!!!

Don

Bribery works,
Clean the house mow the yard , every other chore they are always after you to do.....keep it up for a couple weeks and I bet they cave!!!!!!

Shortman Im just funin with ya. BUT..... that "A" honor roll thing still isnt a bad idea plane or no plane.........Hey Don ya started that Knife yet??????.........John

Tell him you'll either spend your money on planes, or on drugs. Which one sounds more productive.

One time I was spending some much money on planes, they thought I was buying drugs. Turns out I'd been working on a giant scale masterpiece.

--Paul

lol


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ask him what it will take to allow you to buy the plane.

Just order it behind their backs.....thats what I always do...



Actually I just annoy the heck out of my mom till she breaks.. :P

yeah, behind their backs works for me. If I had gotten my parents permission to buy a plane, I would have a lot less airplanes.

--Paul

Do what I do..tell your wife....whoops. sorry MOM & DAD
1. You picked it up for a good deal. Some new guys at the field was selling it for pennys on the dollar. I couldn't pass a deal of a lifetime up.
2. I traded out some work for it. "Hey honey it only cost me time, not money..)
3. Tell him you bought is used. Saved $75
4. Try to sneak it in the house. My wife doesn't fly. But somehow she knows exactly which planes, I have or had. and when a new one shows up. Try reasons 1 or 2.
I learned all these tricks from my wife. She use to shop all the time. I modified them to help you out.

OR USE WHAT MY WIFE SAYS TO ME

5. When she has on a new dress. "This old thing. I have had this forever." Meanwhile the price tag is hanging off of it. I play stupid so I can bring home another plane without her saying anything.
6. Or she says. Look what I bought. (IMO something we don't need) I bought it on sale for 40% off plus a coupon. I saved us $50 by buying this onsale.

I don't recommend these. trust me most of the time they don't work for me either. As my wife will tell you. I get busted 8 out off 10 times trying to bring home a new plane or motor. You think you mom and Dad are tuff. Wait until you finish college, get married, have a kid. Then you will think mom and dad were easy.

the airplane or drugs idea is pretty funny. After you wake up from you dad knockin' you out from that comment. I would try to figure out a way to get the Top cap arf. I have it w/ a YS 63 on it. flies like a dream you won't be disappointed.

Now that's a real good way to build trust between you and your parents. Why don't you post the reasons why they won't let you buy the plane???? Have your grades slipped??? Do you sit on your butt when asked to do something? There has to be a good reason why they are saying no and going behind their backs is not the way to do it, real bad advice here!!!!!

Speaking from experience, it's far better to work with your parents on these things than around them. The trust you lose by going behind their backs costs a lot more than that ARF.

I was just kidding about going behind their backs...

I have to use her credt card usually so there no way around asking her. I'm a honor roll student.....

She say I have way too many planes and doesn't understand why I need more than one..

Chris

OH NO! Not the dreaded, "I don't understand why you need more than one,", routine again! We have to help this kid out!

In order to get your way, you must present your parents with an irrefutable argument, such as:

1. I make excellent grades.
2. This is way more productive than bumming around after school with my pals. I don't get into any trouble this way.
3. I earned all of this money, and I still have some left for "important" things.
4. I will work extra chores around the house.

etc...

Good Luck!

Like I said ....bribery, but to do it right , work your tail off and dont ask for anything for at least 2 weeks. My kids use this on me and it usually works.

Steven, (Shortman) why doesn't your dad want you to get it? You are going to pay for it right? I know you have good grades, but thats not the point. Maybe your dad doesn't want you getting a plane so soon, because you haven't even flown your Somethin' Extra yet. You've been building it for a long time now, and maybe once you have flown it a bit, then you should get the top cap you want. This is just my 2 cents, but both of us are only 15 yrs. old. (actually your 14), but my point is that we are going to be in this hobby for a long time. We have the rest of our lives ahead of us to build and fly, so right now use what you have. Good things will come to all of us Steven

-Brian

Tell them you are doing a project for school on aerodynamics and airfoil testing. You're getting the Topcap for the Fully Symetrical part of the "project" maybe they'd spring for a flat bottom and a semi symetrical plane. Think that would work?

--Paul

Shortman I think you have a good friend in Brain. Maybe He's right.......

I'm just glad your into rc at your age. I wish I had started earlier. I know money is reaal tight and getting what you want is hard when your young. But if you really want it just wait a little longer. They are a great plane and I doubt they will stop producing them. Parents are so hard to raise, but you'll be suprised at how much they will learn in a feww more years. Don't go behind their back, my girlfreind always busts me for a new plane. But I am honest with her about it. I have never lied to her about a plane. She may not like it when I say Look What I Got but at least she respects me for owning up to my purchases! I'm trying to see how hot the water will be if I bring in a 1/3 scale areobat! May have to wait a while yet

thanks, lol some of your guys reasoning skills are quite funny... yeah Brian is my best friend, were brothers, we just dont live together, (thats a joke), but i get a 4.0, got a job, saved the money, tried to talk them into in every way, I REALLY LIKED THE DRUG ONe.. they just laughed, but ill keep nagging them.

The fact is, we can't control everything that happens to us. We can't control the color of our skin, who will win the NBA finals, where we were born, who our parents are, how much tuition will be next fall, or how others might treat us. But there is one thing we can control: how we respond to what happens to us. And that is what counts! This is why we need to stop worrying about things we can't control and start worrying about the things we can. and i think i can control when i get a plane!!! not to sound demanding but proactive... my .1 cent

Shortman - That's a lot of wisdom for someone as low in years..... I wish my son would focus more on the things he can control instead of thinking the world owes him a living. Attitude is sometimes the only thing we have control of.

hehe, make him read the 7 habits for highly effective teens...

7 habits for highly effective teens...


who is your psychiatrist? lol
J/K