I have one flyable plane, and three under construction, but haven't worked on them lately.
When I was in college I bought a P51 Mustang from a pawn shop for $60. Flew it for about 10 minutes, and did about $10,000 damage to a doctors office in Missoula, MT.
I then worked on a llama ranch for the doctor to pay off the insurance premiums. He was a very nice, very understanding doctor. At the time, I was working full time for Burger King, and after two raises and a promotion I was making $4.75/hr.
RC planes are great fun.