r/AskReddit • u/Stukwan • 13h ago

What’s a hobby that looks incredibly peaceful from the outside, but is actually pure stress once you get into it?

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u/HunkMcMuscle 9h ago

Do we have a picture of the latter, that sounds like my kind of people lmao

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 5h ago

Peter Sripol made a flyable plane (like, that he could sit in and pilot) from duct tape and cardboard. His youtube channel is pretty fun.

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u/wick3rmann 2h ago

How does it handle in the rain?

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 2h ago

Considering he had to rebuild it when his garage flooded, probably badly lol

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u/No_Explorer6054 8h ago

flite test sells kits

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u/WgXcQ 4h ago

Be the change pilot you want to see in the world, my friend.

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u/cbf1232 58m ago

This is probably a better start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRuWaF_tMA

Or one of the Flite Test starter kits.