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Anyone else fly RC?  I only have one plane right now, Ultra Micro T-28, but I've flown a few others and have a ton of time in simulators.

I have a couple of electro aircraft a the moment. A Mini-Mag and a B25. Did helis for around 10 years, but no time got in the way (they are not like riding a bike, you can got backwards very quickly when you have not flown for a while). So I swapped that for a 1/5 scale monster truck with a 30cc chainsaw engine

My Dad flew them and I flew a couple of his once or twice. I need to gather them up and sell them, as I will never get around to using them.

I have an RC Super Cub. I used to fly it every Sunday morning but it's been ages since I've used it now.

I used to be very involved in RC, owned a couple of planes myself and had a 500x100 grass strip in my grandfathers field.  College, career, and life pulled me away from it, and really haven't had time or $$ to get back into it, not to mention I don't know of any strips near where I live now.

[quote]I used to be very involved in RC, owned a couple of planes myself and had a 500x100 grass strip in my grandfathers field.

I've played around with it from time to time. I like small, simple electric planes these days. I tried Helicopter flying for a while but I could never get the hang of flying anything but co-axial heli's. I have a Flyzone Playmate that I just love, but the weather this spring/summer has not cooperated with my days off. It seems like it's always too windy to fly when I have the time. As for flying fields, the Playmate is small enough that all I need is a baseball field or an empty parking lot.

[quote][quote]I used to be very involved in RC, owned a couple of planes myself and had a 500x100 grass strip in my grandfathers field.

Does a Micro-Copter that I sometimes torment excersize my dogs with count?

They hate love that little whirly!

This is micro #2 for me..........#1 was captured and eaten.  Wellllllll, not eaten per se, more like mauled!

[quote]Does a Micro-Copter that I sometimes torment excersize my dogs with count?

They hate love that little whirly!

This is micro #2 for me..........#1 was captured and eaten.

I highly recommend it! 8-)  Get one of the twin rotor models, way more stable than the main & tail model even there was a balance adjustment on the remote.  Sorta glad that one was "shot down" and "captured" by the "enemy"......bad doggies!  Actually, bad me!

I've heard the AirHogs copter is cool but I have a sorta off-brand one that I like a lot. 

One thing though, avoid flying anywhere where there are small knick-knacky things on shelves, especially ones that the wife likes, even though I contend that you can barely see the cracks since it was expertly superglued back together!

No wife, no knick-knacks. But there is a lot of clutter to act as an obstacle course.

I fly a wot4 trainer with an OS 55ax fitted, also a thundertiger 82" Cub waiting to have engine fitted, and a seagull harmon rocket mk3 that i won via the RCME magazine.

There's also 3 co-axial heli's, 2 of em not not flown yet.

Not taken my 'A' test yet to go solo but not far from it.

My ultra micro trojan continues to impress me, just hit a light pole at full speed Battery flew off, and it came to a rest in the grass.  Only damage was the tape that holds the top and bottom halves together came apart at the front.  Taped it up, plugged in a new battery and it was good to go

Just bought a GWS E-Starter and floats...now I just need some glue to put it together.