Started model flying 30+ years ago with freeflight, control line and finally r/c planes, jets and helis! Great way to keep a kid constructively occupied and instill a love of the finer points of aviation albeit on a smaller scale! So much so, I now fly the real thing for a living and still find precious time to keep my hand in with the models now and again.
Tend to fly the models solo due to the constraints of scheduling, midweek etc. but the perks are getting to visit shops, shows and fellow modellers worldwide and inevitably accumulate all those must have bargains I will be very busy building and flying them all when I get to retire! P/s Anyone looking for a G-mark .30 5 cylinder radial......have a couple spare that should be flying and not sat on the shelf!
Agree with the point that teaching a fellow full size pilot to fly r/c planes is more difficult than with a complete novice, particularly when its heading nose on, but otherwise my erstwhile colleagues soon pick it up.
Recently bought a Hirobo XRB that resides in a suitcase at an overseas hotel to keep myself amused...............bloody MS Hornet needed too much support equipment!
Anyway, happy flying, both full and model size!
Last edited by Choka; 1st June 2003 at 21:39.