Hello All,
My name is Dwight, and I am a relapsing RC-er...
I flew RC airplanes for about 5 or 6 years and then drifted away from the hobby when my wife and I started our family. Back in those days, electric flight was just starting to show up in areas other than for just toys. The battery technology of the day made any serious electric flying difficult at best; so I was a Glow and Gas flyer. I really enjoyed scratch building at least as much as actually flying.
Now, 15-20 years later, my kids are in (or heading to) college, and I have a little time on my hands for the first time in a long time. I stumbled across one of the Flite Test videos on YouTube, and it has re-awakened the love of RC flight in me. I've started scratch-building a Midwest .40-size Hots (a second one - the first one I scratch-built back in '87) for Glow Fuel - but my next build is going to be an electric. Probably a Bloody Baron.
I'm looking forward to learning about this new flying technology from the folks on the forum - and to sharing some old-school knowledge from the "early days" of RC flight!
Dwight
My name is Dwight, and I am a relapsing RC-er...
I flew RC airplanes for about 5 or 6 years and then drifted away from the hobby when my wife and I started our family. Back in those days, electric flight was just starting to show up in areas other than for just toys. The battery technology of the day made any serious electric flying difficult at best; so I was a Glow and Gas flyer. I really enjoyed scratch building at least as much as actually flying.
Now, 15-20 years later, my kids are in (or heading to) college, and I have a little time on my hands for the first time in a long time. I stumbled across one of the Flite Test videos on YouTube, and it has re-awakened the love of RC flight in me. I've started scratch-building a Midwest .40-size Hots (a second one - the first one I scratch-built back in '87) for Glow Fuel - but my next build is going to be an electric. Probably a Bloody Baron.
I'm looking forward to learning about this new flying technology from the folks on the forum - and to sharing some old-school knowledge from the "early days" of RC flight!
Dwight