Does Anyone On Here Fly RC Airplanes?

Nightflyer172 said:
I am just wondering, does anyone on here fly or have flown R/C airplanes? The reason I am asking this question is because I know alot of pilots grew up flying them. I know my dad did for sure
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Today I just my wife one of those CRICUT electronic diecut machines for her birthday. When i bought it, all I knew was that it had something to do with scrapbooking. When she set it up, she showed me that it could be programmed to automatically die cut shapes on paper and cardstock up to 8 X 12 inches. My first thought was "I wonder if you could use it to cut 1/32 or 1/16 balsa for models". She said it might but didn't seemed to enthusiastic about trying it. I may have to go to the hobby store and by some sheets to try out while she is at work.:) Maybe I'll wait til she gets tired of it.. Naah.
 
tonycondon said:
yea. what is the saying? don't let anyone else fly your plane unless you can afford to lose it?

I cant even remember how I crashed it.
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:rofl: I suppose that's a good lesson. It was out over the overrun for runway 1, did a snap roll inverted, then went Kamikaze on an ant hill.
 
msupples1 said:
I flew RC helos for a while a few years ago, got way too expensive. Currently I'm finishing up a design for an RC plane I plan to build this coming semester. I'm using a material called coroplast, it's corrugated plastic. Pretty strong and quite light. Planning to use a 10A brushless motor, 11" prop. 54" wingspan, 5 channel (elevator, rudder, aileron, flaps). Using a 2.4Ghz radio. Total cost is about $150 for all the parts and materials.
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http://www.spadtothebone.com/freeplans.htm

Been doing these lotsa years. Props and firewalls are about the only thing I go through anymore.
 
Teller1900 said:
:rofl: I suppose that's a good lesson. It was out over the overrun for runway 1, did a snap roll inverted, then went Kamikaze on an ant hill.
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really. i have no recollection of that. i do remember taxiing it around a bit but i guess once it got airborne my mind went blank.
 
colohan said:
Sure, tons of times. There are a few tricks:

a) start with an easy to fly plane
b) get help on your first few flights from someone more experienced
c) fly it only in a really big field, on days with zero wind
d) buy a simulator, such as RealFlight G4, which lets you practice crashing on virtual planes
e) make sure you enjoy doing repairs as much as you enjoy flying. :)

Chris
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That's the recipe that worked for me. I started trying to fly RC with I was about 9 years old. I'd never get beyond the first flight that would always end in an ugly crash, usually so far away from me that I couldn't tell what the plane was doing. I finally got hooked up a few years ago with the RealFlight sim, flew that thing for probably 20+ hours until I could take off, fly around doing pretty much whatever the plane would do, and land successfully - every time. Then I went out and bought an honest trainer that was big enough to handle some wind: an Alpha 60 by Hanger 9, ready-to-fly with radio and all. I took it out to a local RC club field and lo and behold, it was exactly like the sim. I've put maybe 20 - 30 flights on it in the last few years and there's not a scratch on it. It's a nice stable trainer with a 3 blade prop that gives lots of thrust but not lots of speed. It'll do some reasonable acro and fly around inverted no problem though it's got enough dihedral to make that a challenge were as flying it upright is a breeze. It's big (6' wingspan) so it's easy to see and you can fly it in a little wind when you're a novice and quite a bit when you're better.
 
The only thing fun about flying RC is that you can do any type of manuvers you want to with them that you cannot do in a real airplane... like with my cub i can knife edge it
 
I fly RC also. I currently have around 18 RC airplanes ranging from 15inch wingspan up to 12 foot wingspan equipped with a bomb bay for dropping goods. The majoity of the flying I do is 3D flying and most of that is performed under 50' AGL. Below are a few videos I have on youtube of me flying. One is of my 12' on snow skiis, and one is of me barnstorming a 80' barn with 8' wide doors on each end. This is my first post on this site, looks like lots of good info.

Steve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bicoTf1SGvg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z36JK7Jw-Ms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-hsAYTyjfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eguvMC7Zkw
 
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