Something new for me......

First, I became a moderator on URC, that was life changing and great. Then R/C Car magazine does a feature article on a project vehicle I did, even better. What pwns both of those? Today being my first day on the job at Hobby People!!!!


Truth is, I'm a temporary employee at the Santa Clarita HP store, brought on for "holiday help" basically. I've been good friends with most of the guys there anyway for the last few years, so the manager had no problem hiring me, and it was almost a given. Today was pretty boring, lots of sitting, and telling jokes......and being sent on missions to find random stuff around the store, to help me along in getting to know where junk is. I did get to field a phone call from a kid who had his Bandit's throttle trim screwed up (couldn't think of the reason why it was acting screwy at first), and even that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

sweet man!!! so you're not at the park anymore orrr? :) Sounds like a fun job tho man! So ur like - doing a bit of everything atm then i guess? That was regards to troubleshooting phone call or something with the kid and the bandit yeah? :)

Hope ya enjoy it man!!! Work is work unless u enjoy what ur doing!

[coolhandcountry]

I glad to hear on job there dabid. I thought you had a job though. sounds like a good job. Has some good rewards. good luck there mate.

[nbcaznmaster]

NICEE!! convince them to stock up on some bl systems! CHANGE TEH WROLD FROM NITRO!!

I am a bit of a electric geek, don't know much on the nitro end and it showed today. However, the couple of E-dudes that showed up were easily taken care of, and given ideas for future stuff......but not just BL. ;)

I still have my Six Flags job, but that'll be for the weekend because they've gone to Friday, Saturday, Sunday only. All the other days I'll be at Hobby People.

Tomorrow is shipment day, which I'm actually looking forward to, because the guys said it'll help me get more aquianted with where stuff goes. I've always hung out in the cars section, so I know that pretty good, but it's all that darn "bird nerd" junk that messes me up! :D

[MetalMan]

Awesome! Maybe I should apply for a job at the HP near me. Only problem is school... Maybe during the summer.

It's too bad you haven't had any nitro experience. That sort of thing actually helped me learn the basics of car engines in general, and is great knowlegde to have.

Well, my nitro knowledge is a lot more general than specific, like I could probably tune or break in an engine........if I had to. Of course, I would probably be the last one to attempt it, as well as the last one to be called upon to do it. :D

Originally posted by MetalMan
It's too bad you haven't had any nitro experience. That sort of thing actually helped me learn the basics of car engines in general, and is great knowlegde to have.

i'll second that, as much as nitro and i don't get along -lol- Although i didn't learn too much (considering it got converted after about 3-4 months of it being nitro) i did get alot of basic info i had never bothered learning before :)


omg - isn't that place like a pretty big theme park??? Are they trying to make it exclusive or something? -lol- I dont get why they'd only be open 3 days out of 7! They must be too rich already -lol-

[MetalMan]

Originally posted by dabid
Well, my nitro knowledge is a lot more general than specific, like I could probably tune or break in an engine........if I had to. Of course, I would probably be the last one to attempt it, as well as the last one to be called upon to do it. :D

Well, when one has a RC helicopter with a 12 year-old engine that is mounted upside down, there can tend to be problems:
-overloading glowplug because fuel is directed down onto it
-gummed up parts from sitting for 10 years
-tough tuning

I did get it running back about a year or two ago, but the last time I tried it about 6 months ago, the engine would cut out at 1/3 throttle, so the helicopter wouldn't get off the ground.

Then there were the nitro car engines... I have gone through 3 of my own, and worked on my friend's TRX 2.5 quite a bit.

David, I think some time you should try nitro, just for the experience. That way, you can actually say that you like electric over nitro. Maybe with the employee discounts that would be easier :L:.

More like because it's getting cold now, kids have school, and people have no vacations.......everyone's gone back to their normal lives. There's no demand to be open during the week anymore, because they'd just lose money trying to pay the employee wages and operating costs.

EDIT: Travis, I know without even getting into it, no need to actually go so far as blowing money on one.

Originally posted by dabid
More like because it's getting cold now, kids have school, and people have no vacations.......everyone's gone back to their normal lives. There's no demand to be open during the week anymore, because they'd just lose money trying to pay the employee wages and operating costs.

wow!! that kinda surprises me hey - but i spose everything is alot more spread out than it is here - i have like, 4 or 5 major theme parks all about 20-30 minutes away from my house, and they're all open every day of the week - Although we're prolly tourist capital of australia too -lol-

Well, it's good to hear u still got funding for the addiction then man! And what a place to work with an addiction as such! -lol-

I'm about an hour away from several other theme parks, Knott's, Disneyland, and Universal Studios. You guys are also opposite land as far as seasons go, right now we're going into fall, and it's cooling off.......you're about in spring and then summer, right?

ahh - i keep forgetting - winter here is still nice, warm and sunny, clear skies mostly -lmao-

yep yep - we're in Spring now - summer starts december here..... (i think - been so long since i been taught that stuff, and had to refer back to it -lol-)
We also get bummed out on white xmas's too! Always wanted one of them! -lol-

I wish it was like that here, be nice to have a warm and sunny December instead of the freaking 36" of rain we got last year!

[Dafni]

You're still lucky! Imagine knee deep snow for weeks! :eek:

Congrats on the job Dabid. As I already told you, I hope it goes well there.