SmokeshowFPV
Member
Hello everyone! My name is Lucas and I live just a few hours north of FT HQ in Michigan. First off I would like to thank everyone that is a part of FT as you guys have helped me get in to a hobby that I have dreamed of doing since I was a kid! So a little background about myself...
I initially got in to RC at a young age when my dad bought me my first RC touring car at 9. I raced rc cars for years up until I was 13 and our house was broken in to and all of my RC stuff was stolen
. I have always been fond of flying, so much so that my mom got me a private flight with a friend of hers in a Cessna 172 for my 13th bday! I always wanted to pursue full scale aviation, but we never had the money for me to even get started. I got out of RC for a long time, but became very fond of real cars as aviation was too cost prohibitive. I ended up going to school for automotive and had my first job as a paid intern at a dealership at 16, working under a master tech. I ended up leaving the field of wrenching when I found a job as an engineering technician for an aftermarket suspension company, and 7 years later I am still here. In my time as a tech I grew fond of not just racing my cars, but drifting as imo it's the peak of driver skill and car building. Racing is.. expensive. And over the last year I have moved away from racing as much and, thanks to FT's videos on YouTube, decided to spend a little cash on RC stuff again. I bought an Mini Arrow kit, built it, flew it for 10 min and managed to smash it in to a pole and completely destroyed it! I have since scratch built an Mini Trainer (should have done that the first time lol) and built a few FPV quads. I have to say I am in love with RC flight! And with FPV tech now flying RC is simply awesome . Attached is a pic of my Gremlin that I am going to maiden later this afternoon. Once again thanks FT for all you do, you have made me fall in love with flight all over again!
I initially got in to RC at a young age when my dad bought me my first RC touring car at 9. I raced rc cars for years up until I was 13 and our house was broken in to and all of my RC stuff was stolen
. I have always been fond of flying, so much so that my mom got me a private flight with a friend of hers in a Cessna 172 for my 13th bday! I always wanted to pursue full scale aviation, but we never had the money for me to even get started. I got out of RC for a long time, but became very fond of real cars as aviation was too cost prohibitive. I ended up going to school for automotive and had my first job as a paid intern at a dealership at 16, working under a master tech. I ended up leaving the field of wrenching when I found a job as an engineering technician for an aftermarket suspension company, and 7 years later I am still here. In my time as a tech I grew fond of not just racing my cars, but drifting as imo it's the peak of driver skill and car building. Racing is.. expensive. And over the last year I have moved away from racing as much and, thanks to FT's videos on YouTube, decided to spend a little cash on RC stuff again. I bought an Mini Arrow kit, built it, flew it for 10 min and managed to smash it in to a pole and completely destroyed it! I have since scratch built an Mini Trainer (should have done that the first time lol) and built a few FPV quads. I have to say I am in love with RC flight! And with FPV tech now flying RC is simply awesome . Attached is a pic of my Gremlin that I am going to maiden later this afternoon. Once again thanks FT for all you do, you have made me fall in love with flight all over again!
