Originally posted by starbug
I see lots of people getting into this hobby who fly a few models and within 6 months they want to do their level 1. Which is OK to an extent, but they're missing out on so much FUN!
Plus HPR costs so much ... a normal LPR kit costs about £10-20, whereas a HPR kit could end up putting you back £150+!
Think about it - thats about 12 LPR kits to 1 HPR!
There are many more interesting kits nowadays (Fliskits
et al) available for LPR. Higher power kits tend to be very much 3/4NC jobs. The 'interesing' HPR designs (Picnic Tables, Porta-loos, Upscale Deuces, Thunderbird 3s, etc) tend to be scratch built
All this said, I'm expecting to sort my explosives paperwork out over the winter, and fly some AP next year, with a view to taking my Lvl1 at IRW'05. I don't think I'll do much HPR, though; mostly cos of cost and availabilty of the motors and the sites to fly them, over here; but also cos theres too much fun to be had with BP, balsa and white/yellow glue.
BTW: Starbug - pics, or we send 'the boys' round!