What your age?

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Whats your age?

8-13 years old
6
6%
14-20 years old
10
11%
21-30 years old
6
6%
31-50 years old
36
38%
51 +
37
39%
 
Total votes : 95

Postby The Flying Panda » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:33 pm

hey im 19 lol i guess im perhaps the youngest?
if u find younger notify me please
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Postby The Flying Panda » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:39 pm

my bad i didnt look no im not the youngest but i have been building since 6 years old lol i never finished it and i havent the faintest clue where it is
\if i find the balsa aircraft ill let people know shame on the porn spam people like that is why we cant get on a plane easily or cheaply.

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Ya i had to figure it all out myself- my dad was to clumsy

Postby The Flying Panda » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:45 pm

Anders wrote:I`m 16 and have built a Guillows bf109 400 series for rc, half a 500 series spitfire, a 500 series hurricane, and are working on a 1000 series stuka for rc.

As for the why young people start building planes i can say it`s a mixture of lack of patience and someone to get them started, i have learnt most of what i can from my dad and from learning of myself.

The biggest reason i have to build balsa planes is that i love the way planes are built, and i hate fiberglass and foam planes, they kind of don`t have a soul or somthing. My point is that to build these planes from balsa you must have a very big interest or you got to have someone to give you the interest, and as i see it less people are making their kids interested in this kind of hobby.

And i read that someone here don`t know what things the balsa planes can do as the ready to fly plastic ones can.
My ansver to this is this: a ready to fly plane can do most things you read on the box. while a balsa plane can do what you build it to do, and there is little limitations of what you can do.

And when you build a plane and fly it, it feels a 100 times better than if you buy a pre built.

I build and fly balsa models because of the happyness of looking at a plane that i built, vhen i fly it.
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Postby Phugoid » Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:58 pm

38, 39 on the 4th July next year........... with that birth date it's pity I'm a Limey?!

I've been working on one of the young lads at work to get him involved and he's currently building a spit, he's 25........ and had never come across this hobby. I think I got him hooked.
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Postby ADW 123 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:36 pm

I'm teaching three people around 13 or 14 years of age how to build one of these things. They've got it lucky. I didn't have anyone to teach me how to build one. Only been buildin for four years or so. Maybe five.... I'm 14 so it doesn't seem that long ago
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Postby grinx76 » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:16 am

new here, 43, read all the old posts

built the fokker triplane when i was 28, my first balsa. never got around to covering it. in the past few months i have built the Cadet and am finishing up a Flyboy. i guess Javelin or Arrow are next. my 4yo son like watching them being built and he uses the leftover balsa to glue together to make pseudo-looking planes or what-not. life is good!

i used to build plastic models in the 70's but i realize now that they are mostly painting exercises, not building exercises. per se.

anyhow, howdy!

=jc in raleigh, nc=
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I am 31

Postby dfrank47 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:24 am

Built my first Guillow kit when I was 14. It was a 1000 series Corsair. Then came a 400 series Mustang. Then school work took precidence as did college(very brief stay), and finally a young family to raise. But now I have 3 little helpers and a stock pile of kits to build. The poor wife thinks I'm nuts!!
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Postby mustangman » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:38 am

Iam 50 here :o
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Postby lukebozek1 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:47 am

I started building the 25 cent Comet kits from the corner store when I was 10. I learned a lot from the guy up the street who had a wood working shop and finally started making a decent plane when I was about 13. I am 63 now, but still find that there are many things left to learn about the hobby. I still work engineering contracts and time in between I build for friends, family and friends of family. I have two planes hanging up at the moment, but I will ship these out pretty soon. I like building more than flying, although my grandson likes to see these in the air. When I work I stockpile materials and a few kits. My wife has no idea what is in the hobby closet, but she has adapted to dust and shavings on the porch floor. I hope to do two scratch-builds that I have plans for and might get into the electric RC branch. I cannot count the number of nitro fuel infected cuts I have had, once went to the emergency room when I shut off an OS Max 29 with the palm of my hand. That was probably the worst idea I ever had. Not once but twice. Best engine I ever had!
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Postby Bargle » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:37 pm

I'm 55. Started out with the North Pacific slip together planes. I built a Scientific Bird Dog log and plank kit when I was 11. Next was a Comet Cadet, the same plane now produced by Guillow. Built a bunch of different stuff since. I sometimes take a break from the hobby, but I always come back.
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