FRUSTRATION!!!!

nh4clo4

Well-Known Member
Joined
Mar 19, 2009
Messages
908
Reaction score
2
Never.






:roll::roll:



Yes, I have the same problem once in a while. I seem to get too confident and try to do something in a hurry, then WHAM! Murphy comes back with a vengeance. :blush:

So, tell us about it...
 

MarkII

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 18, 2009
Messages
8,250
Reaction score
42
"Screw Up" lives in my workshop and in my flight box. It usually sits quietly in an out-of-the way corner of the room, but every once in awhile, it slips out and bites me on the behind while I am working on something. I work hard to keep it under control, and try to hide its effects as best I can. But sometimes it will rebel against the restrictions and just run wild, wreaking all kinds of havoc until I can get it back into its cage.

Even my rare triumphs can be seized by Screw Up if I let my guard down. Someday I will post an account of what happened to my beautiful cloned FSI Hercules, the pride of my fleet and the nicest rocket that I have ever built, on its second flight earlier this summer. After I finish working through the grieving process for it. And I'll someday mention a great upscale that I had worked on for a year, and was right on the verge of completing, when Screw Up got hold of it a few weeks ago.

MarkII
 

cls

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 21, 2009
Messages
3,393
Reaction score
1,057
yeah!! there are times like that. times when nothing goes right, building, prepping, flying, nothing.

buzz through those times, and forget 'em - only remember the times when the glue works, the fins are aligned, the paint doesn't crinkle, the motors light, the parachute comes out, and it lands close to the pad!
 

n5wd

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2009
Messages
1,036
Reaction score
3
Anyone ELSE go through a period of time where you screw up everything you try to build?

You mean, there are supposed to be times when you don't screw up everything you build? Geez - who woulda thunk? :confused:
 

Zeus-cat

Well-Known Member
Joined
Mar 14, 2009
Messages
4,908
Reaction score
1,255
My wife has imposed a lifetime ban on me for any plumbing projects. Is that good enough for ya?
 

JAL3

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2009
Messages
14,333
Reaction score
254
My wife has imposed a lifetime ban on me for any plumbing projects. Is that good enough for ya?

My wife says the same thing about electrical projects.:bangpan:

She tried to say it about rocket projects too but that darned ole artilleryman's ear must have garbled the message.:rolleyes:
 

les

Well-Known Member
TRF Supporter
Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Messages
3,351
Reaction score
1,116
My problem was getting past rocket #100. Everytime I got to having 100 flyable rockets, I would go flying and lose a few (bringing me back down below 100). Trees, lost in the sun, lawn dart - you name it.:mad:
I ping-ponged around the 100 mark for a while. I finally built several and waited to fly so I would stay over that pesky 100 mark. Finally broke the jinx:clap:
 

MarkII

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 18, 2009
Messages
8,250
Reaction score
42
My problem was getting past rocket #100. Everytime I got to having 100 flyable rockets, I would go flying and lose a few (bringing me back down below 100). Trees, lost in the sun, lawn dart - you name it.:mad:
I ping-ponged around the 100 mark for a while. I finally built several and waited to fly so I would stay over that pesky 100 mark. Finally broke the jinx:clap:
I hear you on that. I'm stuck at around 80.

MarkII
 

Trident

Retired, plenty of kits
Joined
Jan 18, 2009
Messages
888
Reaction score
72
Anyone ELSE go througha period of time where you screw up everything you try to build?

I've started to make lists, to prevent my common screwups, like painting a rocket, and realizing I left off the launch lugs.

The worst is doing some touchup with the wrong paint, and ending up with a crazed mess. I now keep a notebook on rocket builds, with descriptions of all the paint brands and color names (with numbers), to hopefully prevent this from happening again.

The worst screwup ever was the rocket that wore perhaps the best paint I ever laid down, and then I added one more coat ... and realized I had picked up the can of white primer, and not the white enamel I had been using ...
:eek:
 

JoeG

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 9, 2009
Messages
773
Reaction score
44
There are two types of modelers. Those who screw up and those who don't admit they screw up.

I fly R/C airplanes too. Our club has an awards banquet every year in December.

We have what is known as the Screw Ball award. This is awarded to the club member who most truly represents the art of screwing up. It could be for one big goof or a series of things throughout the year in keeping with the spirit of the award. I have three of these.

Hey, if you don't screw up you're just a spectator.
 

mjennings

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2009
Messages
2,042
Reaction score
314
You can't learn if you don't make mistakes,

That must mean I'm really smart :D
 

InFlight

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 6, 2009
Messages
462
Reaction score
0
"Screw Up" lives in my workshop and in my flight box. It usually sits quietly in an out-of-the way corner of the room, but every once in awhile, it slips out and bites me on the behind while I am working on something. I work hard to keep it under control, and try to hide its effects as best I can. But sometimes it will rebel against the restrictions and just run wild, wreaking all kinds of havoc until I can get it back into its cage.

Even my rare triumphs can be seized by Screw Up if I let my guard down. Someday I will post an account of what happened to my beautiful cloned FSI Hercules, the pride of my fleet and the nicest rocket that I have ever built, on its second flight earlier this summer. After I finish working through the grieving process for it. And I'll someday mention a great upscale that I had worked on for a year, and was right on the verge of completing, when Screw Up got hold of it a few weeks ago.

MarkII
When I read this it reminded me of a Dave & Busters commercial. Where their FUN was getting out of hand :roll:

Little Fun
.
 
Last edited:

judo

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 18, 2009
Messages
2,356
Reaction score
19
I haven't screwed up any rocket in about a month. That's about the last time I touched a rocket. It was my last Fat Boy. I screwed up the paint but fixed it. Now I find myself completely unmotivated to cut all those aggrivating little spars for my Doorknob.
 
Top