jross
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A friend who saved my * last year when my aorta tried to kill me has a son with autism. For that reason, he's home schooled. He's incredibly bright and a very fine young man.
Flite Test has a STEM series for teaching kids how to build and fly RC planes. I'd love to take my friend's son out and get him hooked. He'd eat this * up and be outflying, outdesigning and outbuilding me in weeks. Maybe days. I can give him my copy of RealFlight 8 if he shows interest.
So I need to figure out how to do this on my limited budget. I use a Taranis X9D plus. I need a radio that will buddy box with it. My model has no wireless buddy boxing built in, so I'd need to figure that out. If he catches the bug and shows interest, our education system will provide funding for anything STEM related. One of the bonuses of living in Canada and paying a lot of tax. Challenged youth are less likely to be left behind.
When my aorta tried to kill me, I had 60 hogs. This young man's father fed and cared for them, sold them when it became obvious I couldn't care for them any time soon, and wouldn't take cent for it. He came over and removed broken bolts and studs from the head of my skid steer so I can fix it and plow my driveway, which is long. A heart the size of a mountain. He took time away from his family of 4 to help me and continues to do so. Helping his son seems like the least I can do.
Not working for 6 months kicked the * out of my finances for now and though I can find some money to spend on this, I can't afford to waste it on anything but the most frugal solution.
So I'm looking for some guidance.
Flite Test has a STEM series for teaching kids how to build and fly RC planes. I'd love to take my friend's son out and get him hooked. He'd eat this * up and be outflying, outdesigning and outbuilding me in weeks. Maybe days. I can give him my copy of RealFlight 8 if he shows interest.
So I need to figure out how to do this on my limited budget. I use a Taranis X9D plus. I need a radio that will buddy box with it. My model has no wireless buddy boxing built in, so I'd need to figure that out. If he catches the bug and shows interest, our education system will provide funding for anything STEM related. One of the bonuses of living in Canada and paying a lot of tax. Challenged youth are less likely to be left behind.
When my aorta tried to kill me, I had 60 hogs. This young man's father fed and cared for them, sold them when it became obvious I couldn't care for them any time soon, and wouldn't take cent for it. He came over and removed broken bolts and studs from the head of my skid steer so I can fix it and plow my driveway, which is long. A heart the size of a mountain. He took time away from his family of 4 to help me and continues to do so. Helping his son seems like the least I can do.
Not working for 6 months kicked the * out of my finances for now and though I can find some money to spend on this, I can't afford to waste it on anything but the most frugal solution.
So I'm looking for some guidance.
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