This right here… I’d already been a computer hobbyist for forever before adding audio and RC aircraft into the mix over the past couple years… Not to mention I’ve gotten back into scale modeling since my Dad decided to set up his model trains permanently.
Still more budget friendly than collecting cars.
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I was an avid modeler when I was a kid. I used to take parts from old models and create new stuff! Also, I loved the Ratfink models. REMEMBER THOSE?!? LOL Someday I will get back into building models. Right now it’s audio and motorcycles, and that is enough…
BTW, When I started doing Aircraft at teen years, things got more serious. I bought an airbrush and really started to get into the detail. Lots of fun. Kept me off the streets for the most part.
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Always wanted the helicopter.
helicopters aren’t expensive to start anymore. the trainer / starter models are around $50 - $150…higher, you start getting models that can have the gyros turned off so you can do tricks.
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The gas powered ones, really? I want noise smoke, smell of victory.
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RC Choppers have gone away from electric even faster than planes have. I’d always heard gas powered helis were tough to handle.
On the fixed wing side the thing I love about electric is the fact that jets have gotten so much cheaper. These EDF (Electric Ducted Fan) based planes are way easier to deal with than the gas turbine equipped beasts. That said, giant scale jets are still popular, but those things run you thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, whereas my SU-30 (below, not me in pic) retails for $600.
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So awesome, the turbine ones sound like a real fighter jet !
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So true. And when recorded and played back on high end audio gear can chase people out of their homes! LOL
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The most important thing is to learn what you like and don’t like. This took me years and cost thousands of dollars. And I am still only about 85% sure. 
Second is that you can’t depend on anyone else’s opinion. Even if you share equipment and music tastes with them, we all hear differently.
Everything else is ongoing. 
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The EDF’s don’t sound too bad, either…
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thats so cool when i hit the poweball im building scale hanger and control tower.
Before you know it, end up like this dude.
OK, I’m not going to lie, I considered building (or attempting to build!) an F-16 cockpit but it never happened. Was too deep into bikes. Now that I’m into this audio circus it will indeed never happen!
Another thing I have learned about this hobby - You can get obsessed and start chasing too hard real fast! It’s weird, you start chasing this sound - The closer you get the more obsessed you can get! It is fun, though.
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Only thing that will be different from MAV is ill be in my tighty whities for the youtube vid.
Here’s a thing that I have learned recently, even though it should have been learned in the first place regardless if you’re a beginner or not.
I learned that giving your other headphones/IEMs each use will keep each of their magic intact. Meaning changing headphones/IEMs on what to use each day, will keep that sound you loved on each one you have still fresh and magical, because there will be that point after the honeymoon phase where you got used to its sound that the previous euphoria you get from it is gone, and no longer that spectacular to you anymore.
Also, it helps me to control my impulses to buy some audio stuff for a while, meaning saving up within reasonable circumstances, especially with the things still going on.
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room acoustics matter and music is a universal language.
You say that, but helicopters have more parts that tend to break and are more likely to crash on normal operation.
I still say the biggest cost of RC aircraft is the space you need to store the planes and copters. When I was single and living in Omaha, that wasn’t a big deal, but being married in LA, I don’t have extra space, my hobbies have become more space efficient. IEMs and wrist watches don’t take up much space, and then it is just the headphones, which I keep in a book case, with a couple pairs at my desk.
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They should build more ports, spread the population out.
the new one’s with 6 axis gyroscopes are waaay better than anything before them. no more flybar needed. with the gyroscopes engaged, the only way to crash is to cut the throttle or run into something. you can’t lean over or tilt up or down by any extreme. you’re automatically balanced, making it much easier to learn.
you basically fly in the 4 axis…the heli doesn’t really bank until you turn off the gyros.
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That almost sounds like cheating … I might have to look into this.
Also now that I live in SoCal instead of Omaha, I have far more flying days.
In Omaha the rule is “if the sun is out, the wind is blowing”, not so much here.