LeeAnne,
I totally understand. Pete will spend hours playing in the shop but it seems to take forever to get the few small jobs around the house done, not to mention any kind of house work, laundry etc. But then again I much prefer playing in the ponds than clean toilets too, so it is always a matter of balancing play with work.
Karen,
the ultra lite sounds like fun too. We use to belong to the flying club when Pete had his plane and it was lots of fun flying to fly-ins etc. I use to fly with him then but I'm not so sure I will be in this one, at least not until he gets lots of experience! This helicopter had a failure in it's supercharger when landing and landed hard on a slope. It turned over and was torn apart by the router. The helicopter only had 60 hours on it. Pete has already taken the charger apart and thinks it was defective so he's mailing it back to the factory and they may replace it under warranty.
Jerry,
He's really looking forward to rebuilding it and then he will go to Phoenix for lessons and his license. This will keep him busy for a while.
Maryvonne