SAG
New member
I’ve always had a thing for WWII aviation and flight sims in general. I started out playing Microsoft Combat flight simulator back in the day, then I hit my teens so I had other interests for a while…
Fast forward to 2014 and I see the 3DLabprints p51 and decide to get a 3d printer. Got the printer but realized I had no money for the RC equipment (then I got heavily addicted to il2 sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad and discovered a new hobby, but that’s another rabbit hole). Moving forward to 2018 and after probably a couple years of watching FT videos I decided to take the plunge.
Bought some PLA rolls, printed a 3D LabPrint 109f, bought a qx7 and all the electronics, threw the plane into the air, nearly hit a window on the in-laws’ house, Climbed and rolled to the right, was going in a circle and BAM! Hit a forest, I had such a bad case of tunnel vision that I didn’t see a FOREST! XD, Fuselage exploded, electronics and wings where fine. Inspired by FT (they’ve shown me that anything can fly) made a fuselage out of packing tape, cardboard and a stick. Threw it into the air, it flew up, then I went for a pattern but at some point my plane just went out of control (due to a combination of noobishness, poor build quality and what I think was the wind) and hit a tree, this time everything exploded except the electronics. So I was grounded for the rest of the weekend. It was fine, if there is anything I was expecting, it was crashing on the first 5 seconds.
After my initial dream of 3D printing a plane had been fulfilled (even if by a 3-4 second flight) I turned to FT forums and looked for Trainer builds the day I got home. I scratch-built the Storch Tuesday through Friday (Today) and im taking it for its maiden crash this weekend!
Thanks FT for getting me into the hobby, because maybe my initial interest was because of a 3Dprinted warbird, but my willingness to commit was due to FT’s efforts.
Ohh… I almost forgot…
HI!
Fast forward to 2014 and I see the 3DLabprints p51 and decide to get a 3d printer. Got the printer but realized I had no money for the RC equipment (then I got heavily addicted to il2 sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad and discovered a new hobby, but that’s another rabbit hole). Moving forward to 2018 and after probably a couple years of watching FT videos I decided to take the plunge.
Bought some PLA rolls, printed a 3D LabPrint 109f, bought a qx7 and all the electronics, threw the plane into the air, nearly hit a window on the in-laws’ house, Climbed and rolled to the right, was going in a circle and BAM! Hit a forest, I had such a bad case of tunnel vision that I didn’t see a FOREST! XD, Fuselage exploded, electronics and wings where fine. Inspired by FT (they’ve shown me that anything can fly) made a fuselage out of packing tape, cardboard and a stick. Threw it into the air, it flew up, then I went for a pattern but at some point my plane just went out of control (due to a combination of noobishness, poor build quality and what I think was the wind) and hit a tree, this time everything exploded except the electronics. So I was grounded for the rest of the weekend. It was fine, if there is anything I was expecting, it was crashing on the first 5 seconds.
After my initial dream of 3D printing a plane had been fulfilled (even if by a 3-4 second flight) I turned to FT forums and looked for Trainer builds the day I got home. I scratch-built the Storch Tuesday through Friday (Today) and im taking it for its maiden crash this weekend!
Thanks FT for getting me into the hobby, because maybe my initial interest was because of a 3Dprinted warbird, but my willingness to commit was due to FT’s efforts.
Ohh… I almost forgot…
HI!