waterinthefuel
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When I was a kid I started into RC with an old beat up Tamiya Hornet bought second hand from my uncle. I ran the tires off of that thing. Then I moved up and got a Losi Junior 2. I loved that little car and ran the snot out of it. Then I gave it to my dad and got a JRX-pro. Awesome car. I ran it for a few years until me and my father each got a Duratrax Evader EP. Nice truck, very good performance. We still have these and I would like to get them running again soon. It wouldn't take much at all. Charging some batteries!
Then my neighbor got me into RC planes and taught me how to fly. I flew an old ugly stick plane for a while until my uncle got me to ditch it and get a balsa stick plane. That thing was awesome and I flew it until I built an Extra 300. That was great but I ignored the CG and it crashed on takeoff. So I then built a little Ultra Sport 40 which I flew for a long time and it flew really good. I got tired of flying it after several years and built a profile p-51 mustang. It flew really well until the tank came off in flight. I landed it and put it away for years. About a month ago I got it back out, bought a new battery for it, didn't charge it long enough and proceeded to crash the hell out of it after the battery died.
A buddy of mine from the mechanic school got me into electric helis. So I bought a brand new Eflite Blade CP pro 2. I am just now learning how to fly it, its way way way different than anything I flew before. Its basically like you have to re-learn RC flight again. Hovering takes a long time to learn how to do well, then you have to learn how to hover FACING YOU, which is a whole 'nother learning curve all over again. I can fly it around decently and hover facing me ok, but not well. I've had it since December and it's by far the hardest thing I've ever flown.
My most recent purchase, since I don't have anywhere to build another RC plane, I bought a Tower Hobbies Uproar ARF. I've always been against ARF's in the past because of their poor build quality and difficulty of repairing the covering they're covered with. Well I guess they got better because I can see this little plane is built really well with few if any real flaws. Its covered in easy-to-repair normal covering. It only weighs 3.5lbs and its rated for a .46 engine which produces 1.5hp. That's a hell of a power to weight ratio so this plane should be able to do unlimited vertical. I'm currently putting it together and it might be done for next weekend.
Oh yea, at various times interspersed in there I was into electric and nitro powered RC boats too, which I still have. I even have an airboat!
Anyone else into RC?
Edit: For those who don't know, ARF means almost ready to fly. Meaning it comes prebuilt and precovered, but you have to glue the tail surfaces together and either mount or glue the wing to the plane. It also requires a radio and engine (or if electric, a motor). All the rest of my planes except the balsa stick plane were kits I built completely from the ground up. They took about 3 months each.
Then my neighbor got me into RC planes and taught me how to fly. I flew an old ugly stick plane for a while until my uncle got me to ditch it and get a balsa stick plane. That thing was awesome and I flew it until I built an Extra 300. That was great but I ignored the CG and it crashed on takeoff. So I then built a little Ultra Sport 40 which I flew for a long time and it flew really good. I got tired of flying it after several years and built a profile p-51 mustang. It flew really well until the tank came off in flight. I landed it and put it away for years. About a month ago I got it back out, bought a new battery for it, didn't charge it long enough and proceeded to crash the hell out of it after the battery died.
A buddy of mine from the mechanic school got me into electric helis. So I bought a brand new Eflite Blade CP pro 2. I am just now learning how to fly it, its way way way different than anything I flew before. Its basically like you have to re-learn RC flight again. Hovering takes a long time to learn how to do well, then you have to learn how to hover FACING YOU, which is a whole 'nother learning curve all over again. I can fly it around decently and hover facing me ok, but not well. I've had it since December and it's by far the hardest thing I've ever flown.
My most recent purchase, since I don't have anywhere to build another RC plane, I bought a Tower Hobbies Uproar ARF. I've always been against ARF's in the past because of their poor build quality and difficulty of repairing the covering they're covered with. Well I guess they got better because I can see this little plane is built really well with few if any real flaws. Its covered in easy-to-repair normal covering. It only weighs 3.5lbs and its rated for a .46 engine which produces 1.5hp. That's a hell of a power to weight ratio so this plane should be able to do unlimited vertical. I'm currently putting it together and it might be done for next weekend.
Oh yea, at various times interspersed in there I was into electric and nitro powered RC boats too, which I still have. I even have an airboat!
Anyone else into RC?
Edit: For those who don't know, ARF means almost ready to fly. Meaning it comes prebuilt and precovered, but you have to glue the tail surfaces together and either mount or glue the wing to the plane. It also requires a radio and engine (or if electric, a motor). All the rest of my planes except the balsa stick plane were kits I built completely from the ground up. They took about 3 months each.
Sounds like you have/had some cool stuff. That mustang must have been a blast.
