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JohnC

Member
I wear a lot of hats.

Engineer
Entrepreneur
Business Partner
Sailor
Captain of a Private Yacht (that someone else pays for :cool:)
Founder of a Social Network (Got Wind and Water)
Lifelong learner

Learning to fly

But most importantly, used to watch expert RC Sailplane Pilots launch their really cool sailplanes into the air, from Glider Hill in the Coyote Hills Regional park near Fremont California, then eventually fly them back to themselves so they could pluck them out of the air.

hmm, isn't there a song with lyrics that go '. . . never did land'?

Isn't the title of that song: 'Learning to fly'?

So I'm that guy who is trying to learn enough about RC Flying so I can buy a really expensive, cool sailplane that never touches the ground.

I'm also a wanna be writer, so I'm trying to write a blog here.
 
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JimCR120

JimCR120

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There is a certain exhilaration in harnessing the wind that everyone should experience. I learned to sail a 22'sloop when I was stationed in Spain. It's been quite some time and I miss it. I should probably get a Sunfish or windsurfer.

I'm looking forward to some of the same thing with slopes and thermals and a sailplane. I've been eyeing up the Multiplex Blizzard but need to research it more.

What do you fly?
 
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JohnC

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Jim asks:

What do you fly?

Well, I have a short list of what I fly:

UMX Radian

And a longer list of what I crash:

Radian Pro (damn it, crashed it 3 days into my learning curve)
Stryker (full size)
UMX Stryker (bought 6 at clearance, down to 1)

Then there is one that I sort* of fly when conditions are perfect:

UMX ASK-21

* conditions are rarely perfect, but when they are, I can slope soar this little gem for hours.

see the blog for pictures
 
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12g

Junior Member
Wow. lots of smarty pantses around here, eh?
I own a design agency in beautiful Philadelphia. Dream-seller I guess.
 
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Peterthinks

Junior Member
I operate a coil rig. Every day I try to avoid being crushed, burnt, and poisoned to death. I deal with Hydrogen Di Sulfide gas that can drop me and everyone around me in a heartbeat. I Deal with pressures that you cannot imagine on a regular basis, up to 50 MPA (7250 PSI) Everything around me is trying to kill me every second of every day. If the explosion or fire doesn't kill me the gas will. On my days off I invent stuff and build things. I built a 3D printer with only 100 parts, I got a lab in the spare room where I isolate and grow bacterial and mycological cultures (who wants strep throat from 2001?), I recover lost and deleted files off computers and digital media, I make UFOs, I follow my brain wherever it leads. I see machines in a way that others can't. I have designed machines to destroy entire countries and to save continents. I live to amuse myself... for however long that lasts. I have turned my mind's eye towards multi rotors this month. I don't know where I will go from here. I'm one lair and ten minions away from being a bond villain.
 
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Dodger

Dodger

Member
Hmm, well I feel a little out done now that i've looked at some of these but I'm a specialist in the Army. Work as a 68P Radiology Specialist so in plane terms i'm an X-Ray technician who is registered in Diagnostic and Computed Tomography who aspires to get out in the next few years to return to college for mechanical or electrical engineering. Currently reclassing from a medical job to an engineer job as a Prime Power Production Specialist. Again in plane terms i'm going into training to become a power plant operator and mechanic.

BUT SOON!!! 4-5 years from now i'm getting out and hoping to go to Boulder, CO to study engineering and i'll be the older arrogant smart ass in the back of the room! AH HAHAHAHAHA!!
 
JimCR120

JimCR120

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Not everyone is willing to put life and limb in harms way to protect the lives and rights of others. Your job is a very honorable one. "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." So don't downplay your service Dodger, even though it's just the Army.
—Jim USN ret.:p
 
HilldaFlyer

HilldaFlyer

Well-known member
Real Job?
I have degree in Chemistry, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Biophysics (chromosome structure/function) and now I am a Staff Scientist working for Quest Diagnostics designing, optimizing, and launching genetic tests to diagnose neurological disorders. For example, if you have your blood drawn for a Quest test that is for early-onset Alzheimer, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Ataxia (just to name a few), I had a hand in it whether as a product team lead or on the bench with assay design and development. Coolest job in the world (IMHO)! Now I'm learning bioinformatics and programming... mainly so I can read and design code for the APM. I want to build a VTOL with the pixhawk.

Cheers!
 
StuartPB

StuartPB

Senior Member
I'm an MD for a social enterprise, it's a full time job but I do it on a voluntary basis the same of the rest of our staff. We have several community based projects that we work on, so it's usually full on with that. One of our current projects is getting people from our local community out and being more active as a family together. We also do community events and activities. It's rewarding work but hard work too.

I'm a web developer by trade, pretty much a 50/50 mix of front and backend stuff. I have done some design work too but I don't claim to be a designer by any measure. I earn enough to keep the wolves at bay and my family happy from freelance and contract work . I work out of hours on that mostly.
 
RCMasterx

RCMasterx

Member
I was a toolmaker for 30 years and during that time, I also worked as an EMT and volunteer rescue squad member for over 20 of those years. Currently disabled and finally getting over the fact that my work ethic had to be adjusted because of it. This hobby has always provided recreation and now, more than ever, has become very important to me to satisfy my "I need to make something" urge. It gives ma a lot of satisfaction for sure.
 
tamuct01

tamuct01

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I work in enterprise IT as a storage admin at a major video game company. I got into the hobby a couple years ago starting with a "mall copter" and then working my way up to a Blade MSRx, Nano CPX and finally a 180 CPX. I start with fixed wing and Flite Test with the Guinea Pig and nnP-39. I haven't figured out what my next plane will be yet. I'm thinking the FT Duster as a foam board plane, but I'd also like to give the Durafly P-40 a try.

My dad's been in the hobby for 20+ years almost exclusively glow engines. I never really took to it as a kid. Not sure if it was fear of breaking dad's stuff, or the fear of sitting around listening to him hanger fly with a bunch of old guys. I find it very rewarding that we can share this hobby now, and I think it makes him happy as well.

I've tried to get my kiddos involved as much as I can, but they're little and watching dad hanger fly with a bunch of old guys doesn't seem to excite them much either. I'm thinking with Flite Test and inexpensive DT Foam they might have a better shot at it than I did. I know for me I would be crushed to crash a plane my dad spent months on. I don't care too much if the kids crash a $3 plane. :)
 
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