This is not news to me and I know it's been said before, but I feel compelled to say it again. Flite Test fans are amazing. The spirit of kindness, help and generosity that permeates this community is remarkable and will never cease to amaze me. Whether it's due to the type of fans FT attracts or the example FT sets doesn't matter, the point is I can think of few groups that have managed to so consistently amaze me with their incredible showing of genuine friendship and family even to those whom they've only met virtually.
I've experienced this before several times with FT fans offering me support both moral through messages and physical through the mail. But it was driven home yet again yesterday by a combination of surprises.
First I checked my mailbox and found a package from an address in FLA I recognized as belonging to forum member Twitchity who has been building and selling his own multirotor frames that are often discussed in the multirotor forum. I've assisted him with designing power distribution boards for them and was privileged to get to beta build his 250 acro quad design. I've been thinking about ordering a new quad frame from him as my prototype is G10 and I've finally found the limits of what that material can handle and he now has a CF version that should solve the performance limit I've hit. I thought perhaps he had decided to surprise me with that frame on credit for the holidays - but what I found inside was even more mind blowing.
It wasn't the 250 quad frame I thought it may be...it was one of his full blown CF hex frames complete with power board!
My first suspicion was that he simply made a mistake and printed a shipping label for me instead of whoever ordered it...but looking at the box the address was hand written so that theory was out the window
A few quick PM's confirmed that it was indeed for me but that I needed to direct the bulk of my thanks to forum member Cranialrectosis - who I already felt in debt to for the KISS ESC's he had sent me. I did find it odd that he sent me 6 knowing they were for a quad but I figured that was just because he was pretty sure a few would end up in smoke based on the frustrations he had been having that led to him giving up on them. I guess he just got impatient waiting on me to save up enough to build a hex myself since he's been gently suggesting to me for some time that I do so
To both of you - thank you more than I can adequately express. This frame is incredible and I only hope I can do it and your generosity the honor they deserve with the build (once I figure out what bits will be going on it!)
But my day of FT inspired surprises was not to end there! I got a text message shortly after finding the box in my mail from local FT fan Joe (who's username is his e-mail address and I believe he's hoping to have that changed so I'll just refer to him as Joe rather than by username.) who I met up with to fly a few weeks ago. I've felt bad that I haven't been able to spend as much time addressing his questions as I would like to because I've been busy with family from out of town the past two weeks. So when he sent me a message yesterday I figured we'd finally have time to sit down and talk planes and electronics a bit. But no, it turned out he just wanted to surprise me as well:
Wow! This thing is gorgeous! I'm almost scared to fly it! Puts my builds to shame! (And yes, I believe I spoke those exclamation points when he presented it to me ) Joe - we need to get together to fly more because your builds are incredible and deserve more time in the sky! I love my plain unpainted Scout that I built and can't wait to put my pod into this guy and watch him soar!
Flite Test - congratulations. THIS is the kind of community you've created and you should be very proud of yourselves for it! I am genuinely humbled and inspired by this showing of generosity. Not only am I extremely thankful but I'm left wondering what I can do to keep this going and help inspire and assist others myself. I've had a rough year with a number of major problems my family has endured - yet I know they're nothing compared to what other families are having to deal with. I truly hope that my attempts to pay this forward to others will inspire them as much as those who've been so generous to me has inspired me.
To those who've made this community possible and those who make it up - thank you for what you've created and may you all have as Merry of a Christmas as I and my family are experiencing!
Oh - and to those of you "lurkers" who read but don't take part. Believe me. Even if you don't think you have anything to contribute - you do. Don't be shy! Join in and take part in this community and you too will be amazed at what you get out of it. As impressive as this hardware is it's nothing compared to the far more valuable knowledge and friendships I've gained from this forum - but those are a LOT harder to get photos of
(not to end on a negative note...but bah humbug to the forum software for not allowing "thanks" as a tag)
I've experienced this before several times with FT fans offering me support both moral through messages and physical through the mail. But it was driven home yet again yesterday by a combination of surprises.
First I checked my mailbox and found a package from an address in FLA I recognized as belonging to forum member Twitchity who has been building and selling his own multirotor frames that are often discussed in the multirotor forum. I've assisted him with designing power distribution boards for them and was privileged to get to beta build his 250 acro quad design. I've been thinking about ordering a new quad frame from him as my prototype is G10 and I've finally found the limits of what that material can handle and he now has a CF version that should solve the performance limit I've hit. I thought perhaps he had decided to surprise me with that frame on credit for the holidays - but what I found inside was even more mind blowing.
It wasn't the 250 quad frame I thought it may be...it was one of his full blown CF hex frames complete with power board!
My first suspicion was that he simply made a mistake and printed a shipping label for me instead of whoever ordered it...but looking at the box the address was hand written so that theory was out the window
A few quick PM's confirmed that it was indeed for me but that I needed to direct the bulk of my thanks to forum member Cranialrectosis - who I already felt in debt to for the KISS ESC's he had sent me. I did find it odd that he sent me 6 knowing they were for a quad but I figured that was just because he was pretty sure a few would end up in smoke based on the frustrations he had been having that led to him giving up on them. I guess he just got impatient waiting on me to save up enough to build a hex myself since he's been gently suggesting to me for some time that I do so To both of you - thank you more than I can adequately express. This frame is incredible and I only hope I can do it and your generosity the honor they deserve with the build (once I figure out what bits will be going on it!)
But my day of FT inspired surprises was not to end there! I got a text message shortly after finding the box in my mail from local FT fan Joe (who's username is his e-mail address and I believe he's hoping to have that changed so I'll just refer to him as Joe rather than by username.) who I met up with to fly a few weeks ago. I've felt bad that I haven't been able to spend as much time addressing his questions as I would like to because I've been busy with family from out of town the past two weeks. So when he sent me a message yesterday I figured we'd finally have time to sit down and talk planes and electronics a bit. But no, it turned out he just wanted to surprise me as well:
Wow! This thing is gorgeous! I'm almost scared to fly it! Puts my builds to shame! (And yes, I believe I spoke those exclamation points when he presented it to me
) Joe - we need to get together to fly more because your builds are incredible and deserve more time in the sky! I love my plain unpainted Scout that I built and can't wait to put my pod into this guy and watch him soar!Flite Test - congratulations. THIS is the kind of community you've created and you should be very proud of yourselves for it! I am genuinely humbled and inspired by this showing of generosity. Not only am I extremely thankful but I'm left wondering what I can do to keep this going and help inspire and assist others myself. I've had a rough year with a number of major problems my family has endured - yet I know they're nothing compared to what other families are having to deal with. I truly hope that my attempts to pay this forward to others will inspire them as much as those who've been so generous to me has inspired me.
To those who've made this community possible and those who make it up - thank you for what you've created and may you all have as Merry of a Christmas as I and my family are experiencing!
Oh - and to those of you "lurkers" who read but don't take part. Believe me. Even if you don't think you have anything to contribute - you do. Don't be shy! Join in and take part in this community and you too will be amazed at what you get out of it. As impressive as this hardware is it's nothing compared to the far more valuable knowledge and friendships I've gained from this forum - but those are a LOT harder to get photos of
(not to end on a negative note...but bah humbug to the forum software for not allowing "thanks" as a tag
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