sgt_gadget
Junior Member
Hello everyone I have never joined a rc forum before but I have been watching quite a few of the videos with Josh and Josh and always found them to be informative and very interesting. I love the humor and the way they speak, clear enough for a beginner to understand but not boring to someone with experience in the hobby.
I learned to fly rc planes with a craft yellow box radio way back in the 70s. There were no RTF, or ARFs available at least not in my area. No li-po batteries and everyone flew gas or glow. In those days if you wanted a plane you built it, there was no other option. The building experience I gained over the years has gotten me a good number of planes free. Today a lot of the guys I fly with have never built a plane and have no idea how. I have gotten quite a few models that were re-kitted and the owner had no idea how to repair them. Instead of the trash can, they wound up in my trailer to fly again.
Nothing takes the mystery out of repairs like building a few dozen yourself. Compared to a build a repair is easy. I was very pleased to see the videos cover a lot of building and modifications. Nothing is worse to me than to see someone new to the hobby re-kit a plane on the first flight and give up in discouragement, and I have seen it too many times.
I look forward to speaking, (or texting e-mailing etc) with other people who share the love of models. Please feel free to e-mail me anytime just to say hello or for any reason. By the way if anyone is near Lake City, South Carolina this weekend 02/19-21/16 you should drop by the Tiger field for the swap/trade meet. (I hope it is ok to post that here)
I learned to fly rc planes with a craft yellow box radio way back in the 70s. There were no RTF, or ARFs available at least not in my area. No li-po batteries and everyone flew gas or glow. In those days if you wanted a plane you built it, there was no other option. The building experience I gained over the years has gotten me a good number of planes free. Today a lot of the guys I fly with have never built a plane and have no idea how. I have gotten quite a few models that were re-kitted and the owner had no idea how to repair them. Instead of the trash can, they wound up in my trailer to fly again.
Nothing takes the mystery out of repairs like building a few dozen yourself. Compared to a build a repair is easy. I was very pleased to see the videos cover a lot of building and modifications. Nothing is worse to me than to see someone new to the hobby re-kit a plane on the first flight and give up in discouragement, and I have seen it too many times.
I look forward to speaking, (or texting e-mailing etc) with other people who share the love of models. Please feel free to e-mail me anytime just to say hello or for any reason. By the way if anyone is near Lake City, South Carolina this weekend 02/19-21/16 you should drop by the Tiger field for the swap/trade meet. (I hope it is ok to post that here)
