One thing I didn't put into the equation is insurance
Model RR - $0
RC Helicopter liability - $??. I don't have a clue. But give it some thought what if________.
That is why there are clubs. Most of us don't have the money, time or space for large exciting layouts. Go join it and try to stay out of the politics.I just get amazed with how realistic they look, and watching them run there is a club about 10 miles from here, they rent a location (CMRRA), set up their boards and run them there, I just wish I had that kind of space
That would be covered under your homeowners insurance (I think) or your blanket liability policy if you had one.
I used to work with a guy who had permanent leg damage from flying his RC helicopter into the back of his leg. Severed a tendon or something - which you wouldn't think was possible with a "toy" but the man used a cane and said it was his RC chopper that did it (unless he was pulling our legs ).
I don't know about it dying, it appears the popularity has shrunk, but I remember when I was younger being able to go into a department store and able to buy accessories (about 35 + years ago) but these days you may be lucky to find a train set there
Your AMA insurance is not valid if you are flying in a dangerous manner or location.
- Jeff
Does running into something or someone automatically qualify as "flying in a dangerous manner?"
hi.......
actually i also haven't seen that........
so hw should i???
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Modeling is not geared for 'kids' in their twenties. Being in your 20's is a social, career-focusing time rather than pursuing a sedentary hobby....
I believe that trying to put an age limit on when a person can "be in" this hobby IS one of the reasons this hobby has dwindling numbers of followers. There should be NO age limit at all.
It's not so much an "age" limit as a disposable cash limit. Middle school through mid-30s are typically cash limited due to numerous competing demands. School, pay back student loans, wives, house mortgages, kids.. These are big ticket items.
The financial speculators that came to dominate model railroading in the second half of the 20th Century well understand these age groups have little spare money. And they know they have less every year as the effects of offshoring and outsourcing manifest themselves back in the USA.
What's worse is what these Low Money High Energy age groups might do.