Jackrabbit1957
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Boats are too expensive for me, boat stands for bust out another thousand, and motor pickles scare me. I think I'm gonna stick to guns. And maybe old cars.
my Sister bought a boat 4 months ago and hit a sand bar with the prop… $5,000!Boats are too expensive for me, boat stands for bust out another thousand, and motor pickles scare me. I think I'm gonna stick to guns. And maybe old cars.
you can alway get a new one! new boatI used to have a boat and a Beautiful wife to drive it while I fished. View attachment 1104269
Try aircraft parts, only area I've seen where a 40 dollar alternator will set you back 350.00. All because of a little tag that says " PMA".
I finally got a RC plane when I was around 20yo. Way too poor growing up to have those things. Anyway, had a Tower Hobby trainer .30 motor. 1st flight… CRASH !!! lolThe only airplanes I've had were R/C.
well, if you ever wanted to fly a plane now… it’s literally $200 RTF for everythingI didn't get into it until my 50's. It is a learning process and can be an expensive process. I started with a Slow Stick which is just a stick with wings. Then I moved up to a trainer. I flew it for about a year and then drove it into the ground like a fence post. I've got a full balsa plane with a 99 inch wingspan I never finished because I got to where I just couldn't afford it.
What happened to the boat?I used to have a boat and a Beautiful wife to drive it while I fished. View attachment 1104269
well, if you ever wanted to fly a plane now… it’s literally $200 RTF for everything
Brushless modern motors are stronger than old glow engines
I might do it! I was never successful, would be a life long dream
I borrowed it to my 3 sons.....What happened to the boat?
Cessna's were great. My cousin had a 150 we would go up in and dink around with. A lot of fun. Problem was in a head wind if we were following an interstate the car would be passing us. It was like throwing money down a hole. My boats were much cheaper and very reliable. They had to be because I fished on Lake Erie and you don't want to be caught out there in a storm when broke down. Oh nooo!
In the ten years I fished up there I never broke down. I went all over the boat every spring and did what ever it needed. Treated it like an airplane, like my life depended on it and that Grady always brought me home.
I got my license flying 152's and have time in my brother's 140, Citabre, 172's, a 182 float plane, this 170 and Piper Warrior's. But I haven't piloted a plane for over 15 years.That looks like a great little plane! I too spent some seat time in a 150, even without a head wind the cars on the interstate were going faster than I was! Also flew a few hours in a 152 that was souped up, great little air plane and a bit faster than that 150.
A couple of problems:
1) it's going to substantially change you barrel pressure, so work up to a new load.
2) They are terribly slow for a follow up shot
3) Some ranges won't honor them in competition.