Had my second trip to the local RC airfield and got another couple minutes flying in. Did a little better today as there was only a slight breeze. After this trip and a little more talking with the club prez, I'm not sure I want to join. I want to have fun. Yes the flying is fun. I will be lucky to get the sticks for 10 mins on a weekend , and I'm gonna have to hang around all day to get those 10 mins. Not fun and not enough stick time to get better in my opinion. I'm not made of money and couldn't afford a Spektrum radio set. I will not be allowed to fly my plane because I cannot be buddy boxed by an instructor. Yet I watch guys with their so called "wings" spudding into the ground seconds after takeoff, but I am not allowed to even risk that with my own plane? Nope I have to use the instructors plane, radio, etc.
So let me get this straight. I have to learn on a plane and radio I do not own and when I pass their test and get my wings then I can fly my plane at the field with a radio and plane I have never used? Does this crap make sense to anybody out there? I get the safety of it but I figure as long as I can keep my bird on the right side of the flight line let me fly for f's sake. Maybe I'm thinking about this all wrong but I am now seriously considering not joining the club. I would rather have more fun. Will I trash my FB plane? Damn right I will, and its my right to do so. I would rather spend more time fixing than sitting waiting for a chance to fly somebody else's plane and radio for 5 mins.
Gonna think about it for a for this week anyway. I want to fly but not dependant on somebody else's time or equipment. I want to have fun and learn to use my own gear and plane. Can't help but feel like maybe me and bro should just go to a field south of town and have at'er. figure it out for ourselves. If I could fly decent then maybe join the club, take their test with my own stuff and be able to use the field. There's really not much benefit to paying money for 10 mins a weekend. I'll never pass any kind of test only getting minimum practise in. And no wings means no key to the field and no flying my own plane by myself.
Anyway, I'm still waiting for my power pack to show up from Flite Test. I have everything else except the batteries. I never got any suggestions so I went with venom fly 2200 3s batteries and will be ordering them very soon! As soon as I can work more on my p40 I will post more pics and a maiden, (from a field south of town lol). Hopefully all coming soon!
Thoughts from the community?