Good old family fun.

[rawfuls]

I wish I had anyone near me interested...

I still do.. ^_^

Just got one other friend into the plankers, and might get another guy into truggies :D

So much for being an enabler!

[JERRY2KONE]

There is two sides to this(good & bad). I have waited for this day for a long time and I am really excited for the whole experience of R/C with my family. I know my boys will benefit in many ways like learning the mechanical & electrical aspects of our hobby, as well as the joys of doing R/C in general. The down side is that they are already expressing excitement of upgrading, and improving in ways that will cost a lot of money. It has been hard enough just to keep my own R/C spending under control. I have literally spent $3K to $5K a year getting my hobby up and running to the level that I am happy with, and actually I could always spend more. Now I have even more to consider with both of our boys involved, and then my wife and daughter want to become a part of things. And of course kids are not patient about anything. They do not understand how much money is involved or how long it takes to acquire the money and finally put hands on the parts that are required/wanted for such improvements. Thank God I am going to be starting back to work soon, because we will need the money. I can only imagine how much this may get into money wise. All in all I know it will all work out for the good. Life is good.

[magman]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

There is two sides to this(good & bad). I have waited for this day for a long time and I am really excited for the whole experience of R/C with my family. I know my boys will benefit in many ways like learning the mechanical & electrical aspects of our hobby, as well as the joys of doing R/C in general. The down side is that they are already expressing excitement of upgrading, and improving in ways that will cost a lot of money. It has been hard enough just to keep my own R/C spending under control. I have literally spent $3K to $5K a year getting my hobby up and running to the level that I am happy with, and actually I could always spend more. Now I have even more to consider with both of our boys involved, and then my wife and daughter want to become a part of things. And of course kids are not patient about anything. They do not understand how much money is involved or how long it takes to acquire the money and finally put hands on the parts that are required/wanted for such improvements. Thank God I am going to be starting back to work soon, because we will need the money. I can only imagine how much this may get into money wise. All in all I know it will all work out for the good. Life is good.

What I highlighted and underlined....Enough said!

[George16]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

And of course kids are not patient about anything. They do not understand how much money is involved or how long it takes to acquire the money and finally put hands on the parts that are required/wanted for such improvements. Thank God I am going to be starting back to work soon, because we will need the money. I can only imagine how much this may get into money wise. All in all I know it will all work out for the good. Life is good.

My son was so impatient before but learned the virtue mainly by understanding what it takes to learn how to drive, wait for replacement parts from the mail, replace and fix parts that was broken. I always tell him the joy of driving his truck has its own flipside of being angry after parts get broken.

Either way, your boys will learn to appreciate what they have and what you're doing for them. Not a lot of fathers spend quality time with their kids for whatever reason they might have. I know I learned the meaning of quality time after being out at sea for much of my Navy career.

Good job introducing them to the world of rc .

[JERRY2KONE]

Thanks Lito. It really is rewarding to see how much they love jsut being a part of the R/C experience, and now they are craving more attention from me along that line. I am enjoying it, but I have so much more work to do. You are right about the learning of patients though. They are begining to realize just what is involved in taking care of these beasts and keeping them running properly. Lots of lessons to learn.

Sorry to hear about the massive amounts of sea time. I did less than 45 days at sea in over 20 years in the Navy. Just lucky I guess.

[George16]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Sorry to hear about the massive amounts of sea time. I did less than 45 days at sea in over 20 years in the Navy. Just lucky I guess.

You just love rubbing that on me don't you ?

10 1/2 years at sea out of 17 1/2 years sucks but oh well .