Not taken seriously!?

[pitviper51]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Huckin'Chikn
	I grew up being in love with aviation. You know, as a kid, you would hear an airplane and you go running outside to stare into the sky. None of my friends, family, people i work with, nobody understands why people like us love avation as much as we do. Its frustrating when people tell me how dorky i am for talking about airplanes 24/7, but its usually the only thing on my mind! Oh, and theres the classic: "HOW much did you say that costs!?!" Well, my friend, just how much did you spend on that set of golfclubs? how about that set of rims on your ride? Same deal... We spend money on what we love

i dont think you could put it any better then that,, i started this life long obsession with flight at age 6 when i first seen the thunder birds demo. from there it was never ending,,, first i studied military craft.. i became able to ID most by sight, many by sound( lived on army post hehe) school was always a pain.. some one had a clue what i was talking about most the time so they thogh i was some geek, thus the torment from those out siders... once i hit HS it was a bit better, i was still in a a army dependent schol at that point so things wernet so bad,, thers always gonna be the haters.. ppl that just will never understand.. and at this time i was flying full scale sailplanes with a german club, so anyone that doughted my interest quickly changed once i hooked em up with a ride up the winch.. best advise to you would be just hang in there. deal with the haters in your own way, they will never understand.. sorry to drag on so long
mike

[JohnnyKatana]

i hate how people hear r c and they think cheap plastic
those bastards at nikko ruin it for us haha
but rc is something most people stumble over by accident
mine started when we passed by a heli club when i was like 7
and we didnt really even think about it again until i was like 12 mabee and we went to our LHS
and we were just like completely blown away

[Ion01]

I remember when I was really young getting my first toy airplane. It was a red pitts s1 and I got it for reading a book (it was a little metal one that was like a couple inches wingspan) . My parents couldn't get me to read a book for anything until I saw that airplane. The pitts has always been a great love of mine. I didn't get to do any kind of rc until my dad bought a trainer when I was 15. Since then I have scrounged every penny to keep the hobby going. Now that I am out of college and have a great job I have purhased my first gasser. There is nothing like the joy I felt making that purchase. I can't imagine how much better it will be the first time I fly it.

[DannyFlyer]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Ion01
	The situation just sound like typical highschool to me. Sadly no matter what you do or how old you get there are always people that will make fun of you and what you do. RyGuy has a good point that I have notice that people think they are stupid until they see one in real life. Then they think its easy to fly and ask to fly it. Either way I will bet you more are interested than would admit to it because its not popular but I have found if its popular its probably stupid. "I was a nerd before it was cool to be a nerd." (I saw this on a shirt somewhere) Anyways, when I was in highschool I couldn't wait to get out because everyone is so concerned about things that don't really matter and I was tire of all the worthless drama. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't an outcast or anything, I was friends with most everyone (I wouldn't call myself popular either, my school was good about not seperating into groups of whos popular and whos not) and I had great fun but I was just ready to move on to things that actually mattered. Anyways, have fun and do your thing no matter what. What aircraft do you have?

I Have a 30% Yak-54 with evolution 58 for power and im thinking of what electric to get for summer flying at my near by school

[youngflyer]

nick i get the same thing trust me. about the only person who takes me seriously is my autotech teacher and my physics teacher....even in life, i went to go look at cars two days ago and the salesman was talking down to me and not taking what i had to say seriously, i got so mad at him i just walked out!

[niccolo98]

Im glad im not the only one!!! Thanks for the comments guys!!

[Ion01]

I hate to say it but it is your age. Some people think that all teens are stupid and rebels.
At 23 when I went to get a lown for my house the banks kept trying to tell me I couldn't afford the loan I wanted. It got to the point I had to tell them to stop talking and go look at my credit report. When they finally did they tried to get me to get a much bigger loan than I wanted.

[jaguar bone]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Ion01
	I hate to say it but it is your age. Some people think that all teens are stupid and rebels. At 23 when I went to get a lown for my house the banks kept trying to tell me I couldn't afford the loan I wanted. It got to the point I had to tell them to stop talking and go look at my credit report. When they finally did they tried to get me to get a much bigger loan than I wanted.

Yeah, your tender age(s) makes a difference. As you get older - the outward reactions to your "obsession confession" may be a bit more subtle but, be assured, the same type of rejection will persist only now with a greater "when the hell will you ever grow up?" underlying personal assessment will be present.
The only difference between Men & Boys is the price of their toys. Never more true than in the context of our toy planes. We can only show em' how un-toy like they truly are.

As if -- getting greasy under a car or chasing a ball is more manly??

[66stang]

Don't sweat the small stuff. I was into model trains and my buddies gave me crap. But I really didn't care. I also had one of the fast cars in High School so it all evened out. I never was a follower, I kinda made my own way. This stuff never botherd me. Only once when I was with my girlfriend did a friend say some crap. For what ever reason it struck a nerve and I layed him out in his driveway. My girlfriend told me that it was way over due for that guy.

[50%plane]

www.toysanamous.com

[mikeh]

My dad was taking me to the flying field when I was 3. I remember building planes out of his scrap balsa would, and watching him build. I was so interested on how they went together. I still going flying with my dad to this day. It was the best thing he has ever done for me. As I got older my buddies thought I was crazy because I would have rather went flying with my old man than to hang out with them. I still get sh!t from my buddies, especially when I tell them the money that is invested a RC model. I just tell them not to spend a hundred or two in the bars weekly and they could get one. They shutup right there. It isn't going to matter how old you are, if your not in the RC community your going to get some slack.

[darren b]

Glad to see this subject come up!

i've been "playing" with "toy airplanes" since junior high, and have enjoyed the ride. Along the way i've encountered extraordinary people that lead me in positive directions in my life.

The negative stigma of R/C airplanes as a proxy for full scale, or a hobby for simpletons is ill deserved. i operate a research instrument at an R&D facility for a major semi-conductor mfg, and still find near limitless challenge and enjoyment in the hobby.

To the younger crowd, i was an outsider too, so i can sympathize. But you can use the hobby as a gauge. Anyone who immediately responds with the "that's gay" mentality may turn out to be overly shallow and focused only on perception or status. Those that recognize the intellect, mechanical apptitude, patience and discipline the hobby commands is probably a person of character. In my experience, the latter two will take you much further in life than trying to fake your way through the crowd.

But don't get myopically focused on the hobby either, trust me. Use your time (and money) to enjoy all the other things, and more importantly, people, in life. It's a long road, enjoy the good people travelling with you.

i'm glad i had the foresight to wait to get married and find someone that doesn't bitch about, or feel threatened by my hobby. She comes home from work to a heli or new ARF set up on the kitchen island and it's not a big deal. We have too much fun in the meantime.

Anyway, i'm off my soapbox now... Glad to see i haven't been alone all this time!

dMb