Berekiah
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My Son and I spent the afternoon building the FT LongEZ (Glider Version). Well more like I built most of it while he looked for more exciting things to do on a phone or with his scooter. 3 Hours later when its time to maiden his energy picks up and is excited once again.
I recently just got into the RC hobby again after having a nitro stadium truck in my college years. I've always wanted to get into planes so I did my homework and for my Birthday I was able to convince my family it was time. I was able to get a Mini Apprentice S and quickly found a local club and field to fly on. Of course I didn't get to fly my own bird for a while as I went through the clubs training. But a little over a month in I graduated and became a full member at the club and the AMA and now fly any chance I get.
Thinking about what's next and in my research I stumbled on to Flite Test. I have really enjoyed the videos and values these men example. Thus I dug deeper and was happy to see all the plans and work done out there to build your own plane. So I knew as soon as I got time I wanted to build my own. Where to start though... Well since my adventure began in September just the time the LongEZ came out I got very interested. Of course a plane from a single sheet of DTFB is hard to pass up for a first build.
So after enjoying my Mini for the past few weeks I finally got an afternoon with my Son to go for it. Being my first build it took a while to get the hang of it, but no major screw ups and I ended up with something that actually looks like a plane.
After getting the CG right with a Quarter we tossed it in the yard and while it seemed to want to bank left it actually flew. We discovered pretty quickly the left bank was more due to how we threw it and not anything wrong with the build itself. After a few tosses though we quickly ripped part of the canard due to those quick left banks. Love how just a little hot glue though and away we were again tossing.
Quickly we both were like lets walk to the park and get some real room to throw. So with our energy high we were off to the park and had a great Father/Son toss. A bit more special to me as it was like tossing a baseball back and forth, but with something we did ourselves. Our fun didn't last forever as a bad throw popped off one of the vertical stabilizers, but no big deal as it was getting dark and getting winded. Again a little glue back in the garage and almost as good as new. Thank you all so much for being here to show us the way to open up flight and good times with family.
Next up we've talked about building the SE5 and Tri-Plane to have some good old WWI battle buddies. I'm looking forward to using paper skins to really get in the battle mood
Mom is even interested in helping out with this as it ticks that crafty itch I look forward to many more adventures ahead.
![IMG_0369[1].JPG](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/11/203547_2f5582d2e203ed0681aff2d123a21c0b_thumb.jpg "IMG_0369[1].JPG")
I recently just got into the RC hobby again after having a nitro stadium truck in my college years. I've always wanted to get into planes so I did my homework and for my Birthday I was able to convince my family it was time. I was able to get a Mini Apprentice S and quickly found a local club and field to fly on. Of course I didn't get to fly my own bird for a while as I went through the clubs training. But a little over a month in I graduated and became a full member at the club and the AMA and now fly any chance I get.
Thinking about what's next and in my research I stumbled on to Flite Test. I have really enjoyed the videos and values these men example. Thus I dug deeper and was happy to see all the plans and work done out there to build your own plane. So I knew as soon as I got time I wanted to build my own. Where to start though... Well since my adventure began in September just the time the LongEZ came out I got very interested. Of course a plane from a single sheet of DTFB is hard to pass up for a first build.
So after enjoying my Mini for the past few weeks I finally got an afternoon with my Son to go for it. Being my first build it took a while to get the hang of it, but no major screw ups and I ended up with something that actually looks like a plane.
After getting the CG right with a Quarter we tossed it in the yard and while it seemed to want to bank left it actually flew. We discovered pretty quickly the left bank was more due to how we threw it and not anything wrong with the build itself. After a few tosses though we quickly ripped part of the canard due to those quick left banks. Love how just a little hot glue though and away we were again tossing.
Quickly we both were like lets walk to the park and get some real room to throw. So with our energy high we were off to the park and had a great Father/Son toss. A bit more special to me as it was like tossing a baseball back and forth, but with something we did ourselves. Our fun didn't last forever as a bad throw popped off one of the vertical stabilizers, but no big deal as it was getting dark and getting winded. Again a little glue back in the garage and almost as good as new. Thank you all so much for being here to show us the way to open up flight and good times with family.
Next up we've talked about building the SE5 and Tri-Plane to have some good old WWI battle buddies. I'm looking forward to using paper skins to really get in the battle mood
Mom is even interested in helping out with this as it ticks that crafty itch I look forward to many more adventures ahead.![IMG_0369[1].JPG](https://ftforumx2.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/11/203547_2f5582d2e203ed0681aff2d123a21c0b.jpg "IMG_0369[1].JPG")
