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rcguy1958
50cc
Hi all...Bill Luongo here from the Hudson Valley in upstate NY. Only flying 3 yrs after over 20 years of R/C cars and boats. Stumbled across plans for a scratch built profile called the Super Slo 28, built it, flew it, then couldn't stop flying it. Progressed to a leadfeather Edge, then a Twisted Crack Pitts, to a Hokusei Sbach ( which is for sale right now), to a Skywing 39" edge, to a 3DHS 48" Blue edge, and last but not least, just ordered this morning a Skywing/Wattaplane 48" full fuse ,EPP/Plywood hybrid.
I'm just a sponge for information on 3D flight, looking forward to learning and progressing. Guess I'm still quite a newbie at this so expect a lot of questions.
I'm just a sponge for information on 3D flight, looking forward to learning and progressing. Guess I'm still quite a newbie at this so expect a lot of questions.
Kris...
30cc
Hi Luv3d yeah i am sure i will.
Hello to all
Hello to all. I am a old guy, 57 years old who used to fly RC when I was a teenager, a very long time ago. Most of my gear in that day was homebrew, built from old kid walkietalkies, scrap wire and old transistor radios. I remember the rubber band powered escapes we often used since servos were not common yet. Electric motors were not practical and batteries were heavy. My first real radio was a citizenship 27mhz 3 channel and the wonderful new servos were 6oz each. It was three channels, about state of the art and cost more then we have in all our radio gear today (and money was worth a lot more).
Well, I got away from the hobby, raised a family and recently (within the past year) got back into it with my son who posts here. I am an engineer (professional engineer practicing civil) and decided I would do the engineering and my son and I would built them. He is the much better pilot!
So I guess I have been in the hobby for either 40+ years or maybe only 3 or 4 depending on how you count.
The current fleet is 14 planes most of which are our own design or modifications or redirection of a kit. We favor the scratch builds and favor our own take on the designs. We tend to get bored with the whole idea of ARF. Our best work seems to be the all-nighters when we find ourselves airbrushing at 2:00 in the morning because we just have to see how it will turn out.
For us this is truly a hobby and a chance to have a lot of time together and to have some fun.
Hello to all. I am a old guy, 57 years old who used to fly RC when I was a teenager, a very long time ago. Most of my gear in that day was homebrew, built from old kid walkietalkies, scrap wire and old transistor radios. I remember the rubber band powered escapes we often used since servos were not common yet. Electric motors were not practical and batteries were heavy. My first real radio was a citizenship 27mhz 3 channel and the wonderful new servos were 6oz each. It was three channels, about state of the art and cost more then we have in all our radio gear today (and money was worth a lot more).
Well, I got away from the hobby, raised a family and recently (within the past year) got back into it with my son who posts here. I am an engineer (professional engineer practicing civil) and decided I would do the engineering and my son and I would built them. He is the much better pilot!
So I guess I have been in the hobby for either 40+ years or maybe only 3 or 4 depending on how you count.
The current fleet is 14 planes most of which are our own design or modifications or redirection of a kit. We favor the scratch builds and favor our own take on the designs. We tend to get bored with the whole idea of ARF. Our best work seems to be the all-nighters when we find ourselves airbrushing at 2:00 in the morning because we just have to see how it will turn out.
For us this is truly a hobby and a chance to have a lot of time together and to have some fun.
Thank you for the warm welcome, and a special thanks to you Gyro for your attention and mentoring I see evident in the posts I have read. Please be patient with me if I needle my son a bit in a post or two.....
http://www.3drcforums.com/showthread.php?1086-Predator-drone-crash-fail/page3
I could not resist.
Thanks,
freddy99
http://www.3drcforums.com/showthread.php?1086-Predator-drone-crash-fail/page3
I could not resist.
Thanks,
freddy99
gyro
GSN Contributor
Thank you for the warm welcome, and a special thanks to you Gyro for your attention and mentoring I see evident in the posts I have read. Please be patient with me if I needle my son a bit in a post or two.....
http://www.3drcforums.com/showthread.php?1086-Predator-drone-crash-fail/page3
I could not resist.
Thanks,
freddy99
You're welcome. That is an important part of our philosophy here.
As for the posts, if he was my son, i'd be needling him too! Glad to have a father-son tandem on the site.
-G