Philosophicle_1 takes to the air in Michigan
How to know you’re a heli-addict:
- You rush home at night to log onto the internet and into your favorite RC forums and chat groups.
- You know what an RC Forum is.
- You miss dinner to work on your helicopter.
- The clock is showing 11:30pm every night before you know it, and you’re not done reading online yet.
- Your eyes are always red from sitting at the computer late at night.
- You spent your helicopter “allowance” and still “need” more parts.
- You have a heli allowance.
- You know what a “heli” is and find it in your daily vocabulary.
- The extra $26 charge for OVERNIGHT SHIPPING actually sounds reasonable to you.
- The thought of a stock helicopter gives you chills like a centipede does to your _______ (Insert Applicable Mom, wife, sister, etc.).
- You listen to “heli Podcasts” all day at work or in your car instead of the radio.
- Your friends greet you with “how many crashes this week?” since you talk more about the crash/repair cycle than anything else anymore.
- You cry when the weather forecaster says “looks like it’s going to be windy today…”
- You fly your helicopter indoors when it to wet or rainy outside. You fly your helicopter off of the roof of your apartment building because there are no other good take off / landing areas available. [editor: Who you talkin' about?]
- You need no explanation of “heli-crack” – (no, it’s not a part that broke either). Whenever someone is watching you fly you “usually fly better than this.”
- You refer to yourself as a “heli-pilot” before mentioning your “real job.”
- You actually think you could fly a real helicopter and it would be easier because you don’t have “nose-in” to deal with.
- You’ve invented more fixes, repairs, and “this’ll work’s” than any engineer you’ve ever met.