[Matchless]

I started flying CL when I was about 6 and RC when I was 10. Obviously both were with the help of my parents..... However.... I had a serious racing addiction. By 11 I was racing 428 all over the south... I had a #1 airplane and a #2, plus a 3rd backup engine....... I paid for at least half of it always (mowed a heckuvalotta lawns). My parents were generous to cough up the other half(but I had to earn the first half) and Dad traveled with me to the races.

I miss those roadtripping weekends, driving to Birmingham or Nashville or wherever with Dad. Genuinely some of the most fun I've had in my lifetime.......

Giantscale is an awesome part of this hobby, but by no means the only part. There is nothing wrong with flying a .40 size profile (many of them fly better than some giant scale birds anyway) or something else you can afford.

I guess what I'm getting at is: earn your keep, and learn to fly the heck out of whatever it is....

Edit - just realized this is the teen forum.... sorry if I tripped into your thread....