You KNOW you're a HELI-JUNKIE when.....

[intro]

You know you're a heli junkie when...


1.You buy parts you don't need just because you KNOW the store will be outta stock ONE DAY, and the thought of being unable to fix your crash puts you into the shakes.

2. You forget to pack your lunch for work, but you remember to pack your mSR.

3. You mow the lawn and start your laundry after work on Friday, so Saturday is free for YOU KNOW WHAT.


Anybody else got some??

[Inverse]

You notice the tracking is out on your ceiling fan.

[intro]

HAHAHAHAHA LMAO I've done that one!!!

[spgifford]

You know, I was starring at my ceiling fan thinking it was out of track. I don't feel so bad about it now.

[clicky]

You mow the lawn so your mCPX/4G6/250 doesn't get entangled in it when landing in emergency.

You remembered to pack your lunch and realised you failed to pick the bag with mCPX to work and be depressed whole day long it wasn't other way round!

When upgrading your Protos to carbon & stretched save all the parts from 1. (when you bought parts because you knew you'll crash, etc) and start planning getting another motor, feathering servos, ESC to be able to use all the 'left over parts' so you can build another one!

Originally Posted by intro

You know you're a heli junkie when...


1.You buy parts you don't need just because you KNOW the store will be outta stock ONE DAY, and the thought of being unable to fix your crash puts you into the shakes.

2. You forget to pack your lunch for work, but you remember to pack your mSR.

3. You mow the lawn and start your laundry after work on Friday, so Saturday is free for YOU KNOW WHAT.


Anybody else got some??

[450promaui]

when you buy parts for a new project and are back on rent because of it.

[Rªzª]

When it's easier to wake up at the crack of dawn to go flying on Saturday than it is to wake up an hour later during the week to go to work.

[CHIEF-X]

when all u do all winter is sim and buy indoor helis

when all u do when its raining is sim and work on helis

when all youve done when the weather is bad is sim work on helis buy indoor ones outdoor ones and parts and now u have a shitload of work to do inside and out and youre behind on most all basic house chores

and will be all summer long cause its time to sim and fly

oh and plus one to the last post

[Suburban92]

when you notice how windy it is... and mention it to thers

[clicky]

Originally Posted by Suburban92

when you notice how windy it is... and mention it to thers

... when you get into an argument with your wife which weather forecast web site is better as one has nice pictures and overall wind speed and another has smaller pictures/no pics at all but wind reading is more precise and it shows forecast wind speed and gusts!!!

[Fuzzy Toaster]

When you've seen three or four of these threads now but still find them hilarious.

When you make a mental note of every field you pass while driving.

When you worry about spending $15 at lunch but don't hesitate spending $190 on an mCP X.

[Rªzª]

Originally Posted by Suburban92

when you notice how windy it is... and mention it to thers

When even your wife starts to notice the wind conditions

[intro]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Toaster

When you've seen three or four of these threads now but still find them hilarious.

When you make a mental note of every field you pass while driving.

When you worry about spending $15 at lunch but don't hesitate spending $190 on an mCP X.

YEAH...Especially that last one. IN fact I even use heli's as a monetary unit:
Wife says we need a new dishwasher. I think: "That's 3.5 heli's"

Work a Saturday? 1mCPx + four batteries...that kinda thing.

[clicky]

What about us recognising themselves in *all* the statements?

[sergbaja5t]

When you throw a wind sock on top of shed instead of one oh those iron "rooster" wind vains!

[Redwin]

I'm sure the realization that you may have a "heli problem" comes to us all in different ways.

For me it was when I was flying out of town for a long weekend (Friday - Monday) and bought an aluminum fitted carrying case for my T-rex 450, spent a chunk of time researching TSA rules on carrying lipos, and subjected myself to a lot of funny looks at security (did you know 2200mah bats with wires sticking out of them look remarkably similar to blocks of explosives on an x-ray machine? ) just so I could bring my 450, my msr, my mcpX, and the Tx, batteries, charger, and power supply all with me.

It was totally worth it though, because the folks I was visiting live in New Orleans on the west bank across the street from the river, and I got to fly my 450 from the top of the levee, even doing brave little swoops out over the Mississippi...

Anyways, as I was carefully packaging everything so I would not be without my beloved helis for *4* days, it occurred to me I MIGHT have developed some sort of addiction

[goose12]

My wife asks me what I'm laughing at a couple nights ago. It's the comment about "your ceiling fan blades not tracking right". So she knows about being a helifreak. I walk out of my shop tonight and she says "Dead Battery". Yeah, but I got 4 more, So I'm telling her about hovering sideways after taking off the training gear and doing a 180* turn and hovering sideways from the other direction. I can see she's really excited now. Then she says. "You can tell your a helifreak when it gets you more excited than sex". Time for another battery.

[goose12]

Originally Posted by intro

YEAH...Especially that last one. IN fact I even use heli's as a monetary unit:
Wife says we need a new dishwasher. I think: "That's 3.5 heli's"

Work a Saturday? 1mCPx + four batteries...that kinda thing.

These are all geat responses. After my first crash, my wife says that this is going to nickel and dime you you death. My reply "Cheaper than Green Fees". That was pretty much the green light.

[Suburban92]

this hobby takes less time away from your family then any other I know of..
also, its cooler to fly a heli then swing a club..or cast a line.. you get the idea

[aramb]

You know your an addict when your wife tells you she wishes that she was a heli because she would get more attention.