Both boys will be away at school next fall and I was looking for another hobby to keep me busy so here I land.
Every since I was a kid I wanted to get into RC plans. It started in the 70's when by great uncle gave me a fly by wire plane. I spent many an evening in the back yard with that ol' plane. Fast forward a lot of years I finally have the time and means to get into the hobby. Like many searching the Internet and YouTube I came a cross Flight Test. Having built a lot of models when I was a kid I like the building aspect that Flight Test has made available, plus the cost was right. I started in February building some scratch Tiny Trainers I have now built 4 gave 2 away to my bosses kids to toss around the yard and have one powered for my enjoyment. I have also built the Bloody Baron, Bloody Wonder, FT Flyer, Nutball, and FT Delta. Yea I got bit by the bug.
Anyway I built my Tiny Trainer speed build kit and have been trying to fly it. I do great on the sim but real life adds that extra something the computer doesn't have. My routine the first two times out was not fly, crash, repair. It was more like crash and repair. 11 seconds in the air is hardly a flight in my book. Well tonight I finally remembered to use tiny stick movements and was able to burn through my first battery! I need a lot more experience with the TT before I tackle one of the bloody planes, those will come later this summer. I am stoked to have my first flight under my belt!
A big thanks to Flight Test and what they are doing to make this hobby accessible! Without them I do not know if I would have taken the plunge.
Every since I was a kid I wanted to get into RC plans. It started in the 70's when by great uncle gave me a fly by wire plane. I spent many an evening in the back yard with that ol' plane. Fast forward a lot of years I finally have the time and means to get into the hobby. Like many searching the Internet and YouTube I came a cross Flight Test. Having built a lot of models when I was a kid I like the building aspect that Flight Test has made available, plus the cost was right. I started in February building some scratch Tiny Trainers I have now built 4 gave 2 away to my bosses kids to toss around the yard and have one powered for my enjoyment. I have also built the Bloody Baron, Bloody Wonder, FT Flyer, Nutball, and FT Delta. Yea I got bit by the bug.
Anyway I built my Tiny Trainer speed build kit and have been trying to fly it. I do great on the sim but real life adds that extra something the computer doesn't have. My routine the first two times out was not fly, crash, repair. It was more like crash and repair. 11 seconds in the air is hardly a flight in my book. Well tonight I finally remembered to use tiny stick movements and was able to burn through my first battery! I need a lot more experience with the TT before I tackle one of the bloody planes, those will come later this summer. I am stoked to have my first flight under my belt!
A big thanks to Flight Test and what they are doing to make this hobby accessible! Without them I do not know if I would have taken the plunge.