I had a not so much of an achievement but a couple firsts today. I had the opportunity to go out to an airfield and fly, with people, who also fly. There is like 3 firsts in that one sentence. Thanks to
@Headbang who invited me out there to fly at their airfield as a guest and it was so good I almost am lost for words to explain it. Again this may be something that is no big deal to anyone else but I felt like I was in Disneyland. I am self taught on how to build and fly these planes with limited success compared to some of the guys I met today. One of the first people I met today was
@Photo001, both of these guys are super awesome to chill with and so informative. I learned so much today about electronics and batteries, build techniques, and of coarse flying as well. As ,ore people were showing up to the airstrip the experience just got better. The planes that I saw and the talent that flew them was amazing. From scale to 3D it was all a high point. I flew my Spitfire to get some confidence then had
@Headbang maiden my Baby Blender, handed me the sticks and flew it some as well. It flew awesome BTW. If you want to check out the build it is
Baby Blender thread. I was actually surprised at how well it did, trimmed it out a bit and smooth flying from there.
I did have some technical failures today with my ESC battery lead coming loose and lost my Spit for 20 mins in a farmers field, but found it and all was good.
@Headbang let me take up his FT Explorer which is the first time i flew one of those as well. Got some training on the low passes, some quality tips. And this guy is so generous that he actually gave me the Explorer, with all the components... WTF really! Yea you read it right, handed me the plane and said "Here, I don't fly it and it's still a good plane, it's yours." Who does that? If i already didn't like the guy, he just became my best man at my wedding... if I ever got married. In fact I am gonna promote the hell outta this guy, Not only was he gracious enough to invite me out to his airpark, everyone there was willing to help with tips and tricks, but he understood what I was trying to do with the hobby and took the time to explain everything I asked about and then some. He is so loaded with quality information. For anyone reading this and you see him post on this forum please give him a like and read what he has to say, super smart guy and went far out of his way to help me out. He sets the bar for our hobby and I hope to have the knowledge and experience he has one day.
As the afternoon went on I got to meet some other guys in the club, got to see some quality high end planes, told some tales, and all around just had fun in sun. Then just before I left we were talking about past planes and such and he asked a few of us if anyone had a pack to fit in his FT Long Easy, I spoke up and again he hands me the plane and gives it away. Does this get any better. I can't say enough about today.
@Headbang, thank you so much for the awesome experience. I will never forget it. Thanx
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The Baby Blender just before take off
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A real 7 cyl radial
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And some casualties