On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Bill Swingle wrote: >I must point out a common experience between us modelers. > >The modeling experiences of pilots usually share two commonalities. >1a. When starting out they did so alone and did much rebuilding.
Check. >2a. They urge new comers to not make their mistake. Meh. I dunno; that's a really fun part, especially if you like the building part. I consider all my planes to be temporary side effects of the learning process. >My questions are: >1b. Why did we not give up like most others do? We're obviously not all patient people. I dunno. >2b. Are we doing any good with our urgings? Who cares? I think it's more important to urge by letting newbies get worn out on something they have to do all the time, then they'll ask. If we're around, building and flying with them, then they'll appreciate it. I've been building model planes for most of my life. I never had the money to build RC and I didn't know anybody really cared about building little gliders but my cousin and me. We're both still at it and well into our twenties. And we both basically take the "build-fly-crash-repair/tweak-fly-crash-repair/tweak-fly-crash-repair/tweak-fly- -crash-make a new plane" path. And we're pretty happy about it. I've got more experience with building stuff, so I often know how to do somethng more easily than he does, but I only tell him if he asks. Otherwise, I'm just being a smartass. -J RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
