2) is done, went from 4 to 13.
5) is done, Tyro99 is build and ready for a free moment.
6) To be clear, let me make a list (for myself)
FTFC19 Fantasy Builds: VF-9 Basic build, Flying Submarine, Anime AF-X1, Logan X-stream6, Heaven's Spade Carrier, Heaven's Spade Sparrow, Heaven's spade Dragster,Devil's Dozen Mosquito,Build-ruary: Heaven's spade Dragster, FT SeaDuck (SB), FT-Storch (SB), 480mm KFm speed wing,Other Projects:
FoamyDM-Synergy Build, FoamyDM SIA-99 (90mm EDF viper style jet),FoamyDM Kalinin K-12, FoamyDM Vought OS2U - Kingfisher mini, Micro Spitfire, FoamyDM Spruce Gosling, Vought XF5U Flying Pancake, Lit FT Explorer, Mini Scout, RC Dragon. Lincoln Sport(For a friend), RC Dragonfly Ornithopter. Micro A-10 kit (30mmEDFs). Make a presentation ready copy of the FT BFC Card Game.
So a few RC/hobby things on my list for 2019
1. Finish and maiden my FW-42 project
2. Get to FliteFest
3. Fly every month (I'll count 1 hour of simulator time for this since I haven't even opened a sim program in 2018)
4. Build a biplane for my club's summer bipe contest
5. Learn to fly the Clubman pattern sequence.
6. Design and release a new plan to the forum.
7. Find someone in my club to take over as president for 2020.
omeone else at our club to volunteer for President. It is a LOT of work. Since I joined the club the President has always been a guy with a day job and kids still at home. It would be a GREAT job for a recent retiree if we could convince one to step up.
Thanks - it also needs to be the right retiree to make sure we don't slide back down the quads vs. planks dark days...
Appreciate you keeping an eye out
Time for an update:
1. Finish and maiden my FW-42 project
- Making steady progress
2. Get to FliteFest
- Bought tickets and told work and family I was taking the week off
3. Fly every month (I'll count 1 hour of simulator time for this since I haven't even opened a sim program in 2018)
- 2 very cold flights in January, and 3 equally cold and windy flights in February
4. Build a biplane for my club's summer bipe contest
- Trying to decide between the Gee Bee Dreamer and the Balsa USA Phaeton II that I have on the shelf
5. Learn to fly the Clubman pattern sequence.
- Too darn cold so far. Might give this a try in the simulator though...
6. Design and release a new plan to the forum.
- I'll wait for the big summer challenge for this
7. Find someone in my club to take over as president for 2020.
- Not so optimistic on this one...
Progress report on mine:Hah. My RC plate is quite full indeed.
* Nitro FT Spear project
* RC10B4.2 on carpet
* 3Racing FGX Evo F1 car on carpet
* More tinkering with my CA-10 scale truck
* Finish the CA-10's trailer
* Get FPV gear installed across my entire fleet(So far, CA-10, got two more sets of VTx/Cam en route so the Nitro Spear and one of my nitro surface cars will be next up)
* Hopefully convince my SC10GT to stop breaking diff bolts(I miiiiiiight have put too much engine in it but, heh, I'll work something out)
* Get, build, FPV a 1/7 Kyosho Scorpion XXL(Will be nitro, most likely OS 30VG powered)
* Do a 4 stroke surface nitro build(Perhaps the Scorpion? Perhaps the SC10 gets another engine swap? MCGP thumper? Iono yet)
* See how many FT aircraft I can run nitro. The minis should be fine on tiny little Cox powerplants, the bigger birds I'll have to weigh options on power for.
* Build at least one foamboard aircraft of my own design that flies.
* Hovercraft?
* Airboat?
* Find a waterway and build some naval vessels. I've always love RC boats but there's just nowhere around me that I can sail them. Also includes floatplanes, amphibious vehicles, and similar shenanigans.
* Perhaps make foamboard bodies for my surface vehicles? Cheaper than Lexan and if I crash the car itt'l hold deformation.
Yeaahh. Got a lot of plans, RC wise. And most of them involve internal combustion power. I love engines of all sizes and fuel sources, so most of my RC stuff revolves around them.
Time for an update:
1. Finish and maiden my FW-42 project
- Making steady progress
2. Get to FliteFest
- Bought tickets and told work and family I was taking the week off
3. Fly every month (I'll count 1 hour of simulator time for this since I haven't even opened a sim program in 2018)
- 2 very cold flights in January, and 3 equally cold and windy flights in February
4. Build a biplane for my club's summer bipe contest
- Trying to decide between the Gee Bee Dreamer and the Balsa USA Phaeton II that I have on the shelf
5. Learn to fly the Clubman pattern sequence.
- Too darn cold so far. Might give this a try in the simulator though...
6. Design and release a new plan to the forum.
- I'll wait for the big summer challenge for this
7. Find someone in my club to take over as president for 2020.
- Not so optimistic on this one...
Wait, what.... there’s going to be ANOTHER challenge?!! How do you people expect me to ever find time to fly if I spend all my free time designing/building?!! 😜- I'll wait for the big summer challenge for this