Yeah... I have convinced myself that if keep moving and take less breaks, I will live longer. 😁

Not by much, just enough to outlive some old friends. 😂 Win that final race... 😄 🤨

 

For me I have tried to retired 3 times now… it’s not about the money what I do its part of my life .

 

I know what YOU do... But if, what you do is common knowledge then go-ahead and accept the lifestyle. 😉

Because it is just that... THE lifestyle.

I go to dinner and end it looking at someone's car.
​​​I wake up to messages asking for advise.
A wal-mart trip turns into conversations with 5 people about automobiles.

I refuse to carry a cellphone, so that I am not expected to answer quickly. People become offended if you are available and do not answer because of a dinner date or any other simple reason.

There is also that expectation... it triggers people. Who knew?.... hard work and dedication earn you harder work, and then questions of your dedication.

The good one's don't ever quit, no one would stand for it! 😃 It is also hard proof that you are good at what you do. Feel free to remind the rude! 🤨

 

When we moved to a retirement community with a butt load of CCR and a PIA HOA that's works for me because friends and family know they can't bring their vehicles to me and I don't mobile service... But I am verbally supportive if they DIY and usually can walk anyone with a brain through most any service. I do get recognized by many that come to the shop and see me shopping and if it seems as the conversation is going toward advise I simply state I run the front desk and write up work orders. LOL. Only the very smart ones look at the name of the certifications on the wall and ask "are those all yours?".. I just motion shhhhhhh!
I am on actively no less then 12 forums ranging from car, motorcycles boats and airplanes. This forum currently is my most active for participating on. That may be mostly because I am never bored here. This threads you started keeps me interested because it reminds me how I was in the 70's. LOL

 

Well, I am glad. That makes it worth taking the time to snap some pictures and post them up.

I have only played with airplanes, as ultralights and r/c models.
Ultralights because of the large displacment 2 strokes, and those 1/2 a Volkswagen engine single seaters. Rotax 929's 572's of course.... grandpa owned a simple Phantom.
That all lead me into R/C nitro planes before I could drive, didn't need license for that.
I did enjoy smashing the balsa models to bits and searching for one good rib to rebuild the wings. Balsa wood models and monokote. The only one left is one of those ZAGI flying wings... I dug it out about a couple months ago with thoughts of rebuilding it with the "new" brushless technology. It uses channel mixing on the ailerons, built from foam, fiberglass tape and colored packaging tape. I have ripped the battery out with outside loops!


My favorite activity with this one, is the hand launch and catch landings . Also flying between horizontal fence lines, spectators make funny noises. AHH, GAH... OH Oooo... 36" wingspan, pusher setup, C.G. balanced by 3 quarters in the nose when assembled. So I tell people I have 75 cents in it! 😉 Just an interesting model.

I don't pass by a Mercruiser without stopping to look though! So... you ARE familiar with Splashzone.... 😏

I do pew pews too. Don't care much for firing, but building and repairing is fun.

 

Interesting. So as I mentioned we have a few things of similar interest.

I got into flying string attach t aircraft when I was a kid. In fact I still have the original box and never flown *** P40 WarHawk
Then slowly advanced into larger radio controlled aircraft that a single engine started to cost what I earned in a week back then.
Later went with styrofoam aircraft with electric motors .
These days they are more or less room decorations .
You will laugh I also ventured into Ultra light Aircraft. Did a business Ultra Light Aircraft sales service and flight training selling them as kits and even giving flying lessons. That is until the FAA shut me down .Get this the reason was I was unqualified to give flying lessons until I got a certification from a certified ultralight aircraft instructor. There wasn’t any ,in fact I was one of the handful in the US that offered flight instruction for them lol. Bureaucratic BS. Lol







I don’t really talk about some hobbies on an open forum ya never know who is reading them

 

I preferred the .40 and .60-65 models. For the cost of course! A couple of bent crankshaft crash landings and it could get expensive... I remember the string models in the old Sears catalogs. Too bad Sears taught Amazon how to do it, and forgot themselves!

I watched my grandfather and another pilot crash an ultralight 2 seat pusher. Both lived, other pilot was flying, but did loose a foot at the knee with a hand impalement on the flaps handle.. A red and white Rans. Showing off. Caught the tops of some hardwoods with the landing gear. Stalled and spun into the ground upside down under full throttle/flaps from about 75 feet high. A sound that I will never forget. Into a 6 foot tall milo field. Fuel everywhere. The other pilot was a Vietnam vet, it triggered his war injuries. It was very difficult to extract him from the wreckage, he assumed he was shot down and being captured, in the shock. Me and 3 other men got them both out and carried to the highway. Gave them two 5 gallon buckets of water to rinse face and eyes. That ended the ultralights, as you can imagine. We all met the FAA several times after that. Wasn't good.
Similar to this one...



Otherwise... I worry little. I do NOT own a 3d printer or any other manufacturing devices. THAT is where you will get into hot water these days. Stick with stuff that was officially manufactured and there is not much to worry about. I do nothing shady, I am definitely not a felon. For example... would you build a 400hp compact for escaping capture? Of course not... it is registered. That Yamaha though... not so sure. 😁

I'm joking. 😉

 

Well... this is happening. 😐

 

Whatcha working on now?

 

I saw that as well and first thought it is to new and to clean nothing to do with it . lol
It does look like an air cooled bike engine? Guessing.