Electric fixed wing guy up in Ottawa

[Electric Mike]

Hey everyone,

I am two years into flying RC planes. I concentrate on fixed wing, and I have developed an interest in scale planes and flight.

I've been watching Flite Test since before I purchased my trainer--actually it was a Flite Test review of the Eflite Apprentice that convinced me to get one for myself!

I have been interested in flight for my whole life, and when I was a teenager I actually had a used nitro powered balsa Cub trainer. I never did fly that thing because I was living in a smaller town and didn't know anyone who flew RC. My maiden was a pretty epic crash and it took me twenty years to realize, I could get back on the horse and try again! I maidened my Apprentice with a friend who had also never flown RC before.. and happy to say I managed to take off, circle around and land (all in Beginner mode of course). Since that first success I have not stopped and now I do not rely on the SAFE technology to get me through my flights.

I have a few guys I fly with now and we share knowledge, tools, and flying experiences. Happy to say that I am here to stay, as many others I am hooked!

I am thinking about getting into the Flite Test builds soon while I ready my small fleet for Spring.

Hope to learn a lot on this forum and share what I can.

Thanks to Flite Test for hosting this site, and for the great and entertaining videos on Youtube. Everyone up here has heard of you guys and I know lots of people building your planes and flying them weekly.

Mike

 

[Andre]

Mike check out the GreatHobbies Store at the Train Yards for FT kits.

Andre from Ottawa.

 

[Ethanator10000]

Hooray! Another person in Ottawa.

Yeah we're pretty lucky to have flitetest gear and kits available locally. Sure beats trying to order across the boarder.

 

[Electric Mike]

Thanks Andre yes I've seen the display

Ethan what and where do you fly? I'm out in kanata, flying electric park fliers mostly

 

[Ethanator10000]

(Don't tell anyone I haven't even flown a plane yet, only a large toy quad. I'm such a fraud )

I have a scratch built ft-22 which I plan on painting soon, my first FT-22 was a lawn dart and didn't fly. Now I'm kind of stuck since my TX broke and I can't find a replacement part. (http://forum.flitetest.com/showthre...S-i6-Gimbal-Spring&highlight=flysky+i6+spring) I'm going to get good at flying first in an open field and then fly with other people, probably first at Millennium Park but I won't just go there of course. I'm either near Westboro Village in the West End or out in Orleans but I also have realatives in Kanata so I'm out there a bunch too.