No one is into rc

pgk,
The original radio is a console the size of a toolbox and has to be plugged into a wall. If you feel brave and have a fire extinguisher handy, you are welcome to try plugging it in LOL! For now I'm using a DX6i.

Mark
 
Hahahaha I kind of figured that was the direction you were going! Oh, and no thanks on plugging that console in.. LOL
 
I fly the Beam Avantgarde 600 size electric heli shown in my avatar.
A 4 HP motor on 44 Volts (nominal, it's a bit more). It's quite fast.
It feels light in the air - and it should, since it weighs only 3.3 kg fully loaded.
I also have a Goblin 500 - nice, but I don't love it as much as my Beam.

I believe in 2018 it'll be 40 years since I started. Back then it was planes only.

Cheers
Erik
 
Here are the last two remaining models I have. I used to fly model airplanes all the time until I started to get near sighted and loose fine detail out at distances. I started dumping planes into the dirt because I had trouble figuring out if they were banking left or right when the sun would hit them in certain ways.

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Or do what I'm doing - get bigger planes! :big grin:

-Ron

That reminds me of out annual model plane gathering over at Wright Patterson AFB. There was this guy that had a 3/4" scale Edge 540. He was not allowed to fly it because it was too big, but he did fire it up and run it for a minute or so. The engine was a 4 cylinder, 1000cc two stroke engine. I think it produced something like 400 lbs of thrust. It was insane.
 
I still have a rc10 buggy somewhere, but always wanted to make a styrofoam fishing boat with real down riggers
 
That reminds me of out annual model plane gathering over at Wright Patterson AFB. There was this guy that had a 3/4" scale Edge 540. He was not allowed to fly it because it was too big, but he did fire it up and run it for a minute or so. The engine was a 4 cylinder, 1000cc two stroke engine. I think it produced something like 400 lbs of thrust. It was insane.

Wow! That would have been a sight to see. At some point a when building a 3/4 scale a guy has to start to wonder if it wouldn't make more sense to refurb and RC a full size bird? :wink:

-Ron
 
I've had an RC lawnmower in mind too. Some day I'll have the time, too busy mowing the lawn for now. I was thinking about maybe RC plus GPS guidance... RC to drive it to the patch of grass, GPS to do the rest.
 
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