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[Bunny]

Hi!

My name is Bunny! I've been away from the hobby for a long while. I used to spend every day drafting schematics for RC airplanes when I was a kid in the late 80's, early 90's. I kept that up thru college, but fell away from it. I did have a neat mini copter when I was in Iraq in 2010, and built a disastrous frankenplane in 2011, tho. Moving stuff out of the house my soon-to-be-ex-spouse lives in, has dug up some of my old gear (half of which my soon-to-be-ex-spouse decided to sell... ), so now, in honor of my past twin and the fun we had, I'm ready to dive back in!

 

[Bunny]

My Fox .40 engine. I've never used it 😲

 

[bigdano711]

Welcome back, Bunny! They have some really cool stuff. I recently built the Simple Cub and she flies great.

 

[Monte.C]

We're glad you're here!

 

[Bunny]

Some people binge watch netflix or HBO. Ive been binge watching FT! 😆

 

[Mr NCT]

Some people binge watch netflix or HBO. Ive been binge watching FT! 😆

Welcome! It's a totally harmless addiction.... until you hot glue your hand to the table.

 

[Bunny]

😂😂😂 I've lost count of my hotglue, exacto, CA incidents over the years! I've already been sketching out a park flyer Bristol M1c, for my first plane back, and parts are on their way. I have no idea if it'll work, but thats never stopped my ADHD and bipolar self, before, so why stop now!? 😅

 

[cyclone3350]

Welcome to the forums. I started out in the late 70's doing pretty much the same. My father was a civil engineer, so I had access to drafting tools & a board. Never learned CAD, & still do all my creations from an old drafting board. What a cool subject to start off with. Check out the https://forum.flitetest.com/index.p...ommunity-challenge-–-wwi-“dawn-patrol”.69196/ U might find some neat ideas there.

 

[Bunny]

Neat! In 1993, I entered into U.C. Davis in the Aerospace Engineering program. I had big dreams of flying and space. And then I grduated with a Sociology of Law degree! 😆 I still prefer the old pencil and paper method of design 😊

 

[FishbonesAir]

TBH, I had to look that degree up, lol.

I've managed to not glue myself to too much, with the exception of this dratted Easy Built Lite Tissue. Cannot be worked even slightly damp, and sticks to absolutely everything - except Balsa.

Once Upon a Time, I had dreams of Shuttle Commander. I wound up a PC Jockey, helping Lockheed Martin Rocket scientists get their PCs to work. 😂

 

[bigdano711]

Once Upon a Time, I had dreams of Shuttle Commander. I wound up a PC Jockey, helping Lockheed Martin Rocket scientists get their PCs to work. 😂

Whoa. I worked IT with a guy who worked for Lockheed in the SF Bay Area. Rodney. Really nice guy.

 

[FishbonesAir]

Whoa. I worked IT with a guy who worked for Lockheed in the SF Bay Area. Rodney. Really nice guy.

Sunnyvale! Commercial Space & Astronautics. I was based in Denver, also initially supporting CS. After I moved to our help desk (still Denver, just not deskside support) I talked to their clients all the time.

 

[bigdano711]

Don't stay on that help desk for more than a couple years. It'll wreck you.

 

[bigdano711]

Oh, and I love Denver. We make trips to Colorado about once a month for "supplies". hehehe

 

[FishbonesAir]

I actually was there more than a decade, but it did take a toll. I loved my customers, just not the petty "you must meet these Numbers" and the poor customer service that brings.

I'm retired now, and we had left the state. Getting older with arthritis and an idiotic Congress, brought us home to Colorado. TN said it was devil's lettuce; I say it's an overlooked medicine. And fun too. 😁

 

[bigdano711]

Sorry for hijacking your thread, Bunny! Have you seen the B17 and the apple canon video? Just pure awesomeness!

 

[Bunny]

No worries! I grew up in California, and worked in SF and San Jose during the dot com, in IT. I'm now a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the Boston area! 23 years in the IT field!

The B-17 apple canon, and the one where they put explosives in the ME-262 are my favorite!

 

[Bunny]

My previous job was for BBN/Raytheon. BBN, one of the creators of ARPANET, and the Internet, got bought by Raytheon, & turned it from a fun research company to a corporate mess :/

 

[bigdano711]

At the end of my IT run I finally made it into Silicon Valley and had the dream job, but was contracted. Near the end of my contract, I started to wonder why they wouldn't hire me permanent. They were in talks to sell the whole time I was there. Sold to their only rival and were they ever CORPORATE. I couldn't go on in the field anymore. It was the final blow after being beaten and battered in downtown SF for 10 years.

 

[Bricks]

Welcome Bunny
Glad you found your way here and renewed your addiction. Sorry to here about the personnel problems, look at the bright side you may have not found our little corner of the net other wise.