coolgabsi
Super Mod & DEAL KING!
So, Guess what I did today.. Took the leap.. Finally made it to the club when people were out flying.. And why wouldnt they... it was 70-75degrees outside with 0-5mph wind.. more like almost zero wind... Ahh.. beautiful day to fly! Well, I get there, saw two planes.. One Large size trainer with a OS two stroke.. and a Sport flyer (bigger than the 540 size, i am not sure what size), but that was a 4 stroke engine plane... I had never seen a nitro / gas plane start and fly in my life before.. Well, I got introduced to the smell of nitro fuel and the amazing noise and power these planes have. I met the only two people that were there. Went over with the rules with someone.. and then.. was like Hey Can y'all help me with my trainer. They were like talk to THAT guy... "ED COUCH" ... electric planes specialist.. He had two quads and man is he good at flying.. has been flying since like forever.. and good guy.. good at training... I set my little (seriously little in the front of the planes that were sitting there)plane there and got it set up.. He went and helped another guy put together his sailplane, and maiden it till then... which btw sail planes are AWESOME!!! so smooth and so so fun to fly..
Well, in the mean time I got introduced to something I had never before seen / heard... Control line planes. There was this guy in the control line side of the field (which i didnt understand then, what it was, but, I saw this plane with a nitro engine going crazy fast in circles and a guy holding something in his hands no remote.. I was like what the heck is that.. found out he was a pro at control lines and he did some pretty AMAZING stuff with it.. i mean it was in a circle, but definaltely cool.. All he had in controls was the elevator... He said he was going to a control line plane competition in Tulsa OK this weekend or coming week or something..
Well, finally it was my turn.. I got my nexstar mini on the runway, he taxied it and had took off with it, it was a VERRRRRRRRRYYYYYY slow take off.. (1. cause i have smal wheels so they were not going through wet grass so well, and 2. i had the air speed brakes on)... well it took off... SO my motor mount rocked!!
anywaz.. he got it all trimmed for me, and then gave me the controls.... I was so happy flying this thing.. He kept prompting me what to do.. He said he wont have to buddy box with me as i flew helis.. but he will definately help me if i needed.. I flew around for a bit... about 7 minutes, and then he took the controller and landed it safely.. and beautifully..
Now till my battery gets charged, I went out and started flying my 450's... pro with carbon fibre blades (which totally is awesome!!! ) and then the clone which totally flew amazing today. .. gyro help up pretty good cause it had beens sitting out and acclimatized.. ... Anywhew.. amazing flights with the helis...
Then again was my turn after a half an hour.. this time he took off made me do some landing approaches (which i totally screwd up except the final one, but he was patient lol ), figure eights and rectangles.... anywaz.. that was awesome.. I had a beautiful landing in the end... landing were all dead throttle..
After that... again i went ahead and flew my 450's and my mcpx for a bit.. may be another 40 minutes.. and then again a last battery of the nexstar... which this time i took off and i landed.. took my a couple of tries to land it, but when it did, I was jumping and they were laughing!! hahahahahahha IT WAS FUN!
By the end of the time I was there, there were about 10-15 people, all with their planes out there... the planes i saw ... WOW... ranging from extras to sport flyers to warbirds... just just amazing. and each one of them doing low passes, and FAST!
Well, I ended the day with A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE... Gave a couple of guys there the link to this site, and they said that they will definitely check it out.. and... I came home in one peice... (except for the landing gear I cracked of my align pro while trying to auto.. lol )
And hey.. I actually met this guy who was the control line dude, and he had a trophy "THE WORST CRACK UP IN RC PLANES" ... cause he flew his plane into the propeller of another scale fighter plane on the ground once in a competition.... Guess I am not that bad anywaz.. lol jk jk!!
GREAT PEOPLE AND GREAT CLUB... they even have trainer planes that they bring out to train noobies on.. that is the perfect club for me.. tEd.. has been a heli guy too.. so he knows stuff.. .
Moral of the story : RC flying clubs: TOTALLY WORTH IT... and a MUST!
NExt time i go i will get a video!
Well, in the mean time I got introduced to something I had never before seen / heard... Control line planes. There was this guy in the control line side of the field (which i didnt understand then, what it was, but, I saw this plane with a nitro engine going crazy fast in circles and a guy holding something in his hands no remote.. I was like what the heck is that.. found out he was a pro at control lines and he did some pretty AMAZING stuff with it.. i mean it was in a circle, but definaltely cool.. All he had in controls was the elevator... He said he was going to a control line plane competition in Tulsa OK this weekend or coming week or something..
Well, finally it was my turn.. I got my nexstar mini on the runway, he taxied it and had took off with it, it was a VERRRRRRRRRYYYYYY slow take off.. (1. cause i have smal wheels so they were not going through wet grass so well, and 2. i had the air speed brakes on)... well it took off... SO my motor mount rocked!!
anywaz.. he got it all trimmed for me, and then gave me the controls.... I was so happy flying this thing.. He kept prompting me what to do.. He said he wont have to buddy box with me as i flew helis.. but he will definately help me if i needed.. I flew around for a bit... about 7 minutes, and then he took the controller and landed it safely.. and beautifully..Now till my battery gets charged, I went out and started flying my 450's... pro with carbon fibre blades (which totally is awesome!!! ) and then the clone which totally flew amazing today. .. gyro help up pretty good cause it had beens sitting out and acclimatized.. ... Anywhew.. amazing flights with the helis...
Then again was my turn after a half an hour.. this time he took off made me do some landing approaches (which i totally screwd up except the final one, but he was patient lol ), figure eights and rectangles.... anywaz.. that was awesome.. I had a beautiful landing in the end... landing were all dead throttle..
After that... again i went ahead and flew my 450's and my mcpx for a bit.. may be another 40 minutes.. and then again a last battery of the nexstar... which this time i took off and i landed.. took my a couple of tries to land it, but when it did, I was jumping and they were laughing!! hahahahahahha
IT WAS FUN! By the end of the time I was there, there were about 10-15 people, all with their planes out there... the planes i saw ... WOW... ranging from extras to sport flyers to warbirds... just just amazing. and each one of them doing low passes, and FAST!
Well, I ended the day with A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE... Gave a couple of guys there the link to this site, and they said that they will definitely check it out.. and... I came home in one peice...
(except for the landing gear I cracked of my align pro while trying to auto.. lol ) And hey.. I actually met this guy who was the control line dude, and he had a trophy "THE WORST CRACK UP IN RC PLANES" ... cause he flew his plane into the propeller of another scale fighter plane on the ground once in a competition.... Guess I am not that bad anywaz.. lol jk jk!!
GREAT PEOPLE AND GREAT CLUB... they even have trainer planes that they bring out to train noobies on.. that is the perfect club for me..
tEd.. has been a heli guy too.. so he knows stuff.. .Moral of the story : RC flying clubs: TOTALLY WORTH IT... and a MUST!
NExt time i go i will get a video!
