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[Grandpa Dave]

Hello everyone. I'm new here. And wanted to share my Love of Flite Test aircraft with everyone else. I also am also returning to the hobby after 30 plus years after running across Flite Test on YouTube. I am on a fixed income and have been buying all my supplies a piece at a time. Last parts needed for flight arriving on the 9th from FT. Can't wait.

 

[FastCrash45]

Hello everyone. I'm new here. And wanted to share my Love of Flite Test aircraft with everyone else. I also am also returning to the hobby after 30 plus years after running across Flite Test on YouTube. I am on a fixed income and have been buying all my supplies a piece at a time. Last parts needed for flight arriving on the 9th from FT. Can't wait. View attachment 125734

Welcome to the aero jungle😎 May your flights be long and all your landings soft

 

[FDS]

Those look great.

 

[mayan]

Wow fantastic looking builds. What did you order?

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Wow fantastic looking builds. What did you order?

My last item needed was batteries, but I also purchased a couple of pits and pieces.

 

[Mad_Mechanic]

Welcome to the Flite Test community/family!

Very nice collection! Glad to hear you are coming back to the hobby too!

Remember to maintain thine airspeed velocity, lest the earth rise up and smite thee!

 

[FastCrash45]

Hello everyone. I'm new here. And wanted to share my Love of Flite Test aircraft with everyone else. I also am also returning to the hobby after 30 plus years after running across Flite Test on YouTube. I am on a fixed income and have been buying all my supplies a piece at a time. Last parts needed for flight arriving on the 9th from FT. Can't wait. View attachment 125734

Yep, the fixed income makes patience a necessity. I'm on a fixed income too but that makes my wishlist grow so no one will have a problem with gift selections at Christmas and birthdays!! Luckily I saved a lot of radio gear and speed controls from previous flight days 😎

 

[FastCrash45]

Yep, the fixed income makes patience a necessity. I'm on a fixed income too but that makes my wishlist grow so no one will have a problem with gift selections at Christmas and birthdays!! Luckily I saved a lot of radio gear and speed controls from previous flight days 😎

Nice looking planes too!

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Yep, the fixed income makes patience a necessity. I'm on a fixed income too but that makes my wishlist grow so no one will have a problem with gift selections at Christmas and birthdays!! Luckily I saved a lot of radio gear and speed controls from previous flight days 😎

Yes I have been lucky enough to have been gifted some items from a member of a FB group I belong to ( Friends of Flite Test ) soo ready to maiden my FT Cub. Scratch building is much cheaper. I just tried building the FT 540 and am going to have to start over. Having lots of fitment issues very disappointed in myself. Must have gotten sloppy on plan cutout. Oh well it's just 6 dollars of foam board LOL. Have a great day.

 

[Merv]

Welcome to the forums.
Great looking planes.

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Welcome to the forums.
Great looking planes.

Thanks they are all scratch built.

 

[basslord1124]

Welcome! Nice fleet you got there.

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Welcome! Nice fleet you got there.

Thanks they are all scratch built

 

[basslord1124]

Thanks they are all scratch built

Awesome, another scratch builder! The only plane I have that's not a scratch build is the Seaduck. All my builds are in my signature.

 

[mayan]

I just tried building the FT 540 and am going to have to start over. Having lots of fitment issues very disappointed in myself.

Be easy on yourself its a complicated build with lots of bits and pieces I have built 4 to date and only on this 4th one am I starting to get it close to prefect.

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Awesome, another scratch builder! The only plane I have that's not a scratch build is the Seaduck. All my builds are in my signature.

The main reason I scratch build is cost. I am on a fixed income and can't afford speed build kits. But an saving to get Edge 540 I tried scratch building but had a lot of fitment issues. Probably due to my plan cutout or layout. Might try again but would like to try the speed build on that one.

 

[basslord1124]

Yeah don't be hard on yourself...the Edge is a pretty complex build. Errors and issues will happen with any of these builds. Big props to anyone doing that as a scratch build. It's on my list too but I'm not in a big hurry for it.

 

[Grandpa Dave]

Yeah don't be hard on yourself...the Edge is a pretty complex build. Errors and issues will happen with any of these builds. Big props to anyone doing that as a scratch build. It's on my list too but I'm not in a big hurry for it.

Glad it was only 6 dollars of foam board and a couple of glue sticks. LOL l still think I'll get the speed build kit and trace it onto dollar tree foam board and build that and save the kit for later.