1958 MGA
Member
Back to flying RC models after 20 years. Still occasionally flying a couple of Glow engine planes that I built in the 80's
After finding the Flite Test site I got back into building. I had never used electric motors or the new style radios that you can adjust everything.
Big eye opener learning about mixes end points and expo. Things are much easier to set up once you start playing around.
In the last 6 months I have built a dozen FT models and still have all but 2 of them. The simple scout is by far the best I have 2 currently flying off floats in the snow. The PT40 that I built looked great, It died quickly when I flew it full throttle into an invisible lamp post! The nice thing is that most of the electronics survived, but I did loose a battery. Still nothing like loosing a balsa scratch build! So much more fun when you don't worry about loosing a $3.00 plane. Going to teach my grand kids one day.
After finding the Flite Test site I got back into building. I had never used electric motors or the new style radios that you can adjust everything.
Big eye opener learning about mixes end points and expo. Things are much easier to set up once you start playing around.
In the last 6 months I have built a dozen FT models and still have all but 2 of them. The simple scout is by far the best I have 2 currently flying off floats in the snow. The PT40 that I built looked great, It died quickly when I flew it full throttle into an invisible lamp post! The nice thing is that most of the electronics survived, but I did loose a battery. Still nothing like loosing a balsa scratch build! So much more fun when you don't worry about loosing a $3.00 plane. Going to teach my grand kids one day.