Fun with other hobbies

[Old Fart]

As some of you know, I'm pretty heavily involved in flying R/C aircraft. A buddy of mine (Park Ranger in Florida) has an electric powered plane with a small "USB" camera on it. Occasionally we tend to forget to charge the flight batteries....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLpsNhpCAh4

[womb raider 940]

that was a cool vid.

[sarah]

That is so geeky!

[Old Fart]

Lol

[RAT]

I fly R/C Helos... sans cameras. Don't want all my crash landings on youtube...

[Old Fart]

rat, where do you fly - we may have been on the same field without knowing it

Field of Dreams
El Dorado
Gridley
Arbor Park
Whittier Narrows (glow)
Sepluveda Basin (rarely)

[Dog Man]

to funny, the fish made me crack up great vid.

[Old Fart]

I've considered putting one of those small "thumb drive" sized cameras on a few of my planes for laughs - be curious to see what a 140 mph dive on the Wing looks like from the plane's perspective.

[Giffer]

AWSOME i love it. now if only i could afford another hobby!!

[RAT]

rat, where do you fly - we may have been on the same field without knowing it

Field of Dreams
El Dorado
Gridley
Arbor Park
Whittier Narrows (glow)
Sepluveda Basin (rarely)

Off the back of my boat mostly. I flew at Whitter Narrows once. At Santa Fe dam a couple of times. Here and there, where ever if can go to find a clearing and little wind. I want to put a camera on mine but the wieght is a real issue with the Helos. The one I fly won't take more than .375 oz. without freaking out (stabilization issues). I just need a more powerful copter. And more money...

[Materdaddy]

Wow, I didn't know there were others into R/C here. Kurt, at the Calico Cleanup last year, I saw you looking at those rock crawlers, but you didn't mention you're into other R/C!

I've gotten into some R/C stuff, but I'm too broke to dive in very far. I have a couple friends with composite gliders for thermals, planes, helis, etc.

So far all I have is a foam sloper I go fly occasionally at lunch here.

I did recently purchase one of these:



Although I'm not very proficient at flying a heli yet, so I've picked up RealFlight G3 and a USB cable for my transmitter for some sim time before I break too much more on the thing.

You can't beat the price of that heli. It's a collective pitch setup that's 100% ready to fly. Heli, transmitter, lipo & balancing charger (albeit slow), even AAs for the transmitter! for ~$150. Hobby Lobby ran a sale for march that was 20% off one item (they've run it a few times since) so my collective pitch heli was $128 shipped!

Maybe the next IDTT or big MJR run (meet-n-greet) we can bring some toys like this with us to play around!

I want to be like this guy some day (Unbelievable... I swear it defies physics):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3nNiUStTE0

[Dukes69]

UGH! I've broken, blown up and destroyed more R/C cars and trucks then should be allowed. My last one was about 5 years ago. Bought it, built it, broke it and stuffed it in the corner all in the same day. I think I still have it somewhere, but I really dont have the time or money to waste on it AGAIN!

[Old Fart]

Materdaddy - are you on the RealFlight BBS - lots of free downloads there for G3.5

I had the 39" wing in the back of the Jeep last time I was on Gold Mountain - completely forgot it was there.

[4point]

Great video, you know I really like fishing. I think he could help me out on finding fish.

[Roger]

Wow, I didn't know there were others into R/C here. Kurt, at the Calico Cleanup last year, I saw you looking at those rock crawlers, but you didn't mention you're into other R/C!

I've gotten into some R/C stuff, but I'm too broke to dive in very far. I have a couple friends with composite gliders for thermals, planes, helis, etc.

So far all I have is a foam sloper I go fly occasionally at lunch here.

I did recently purchase one of these:



Although I'm not very proficient at flying a heli yet, so I've picked up RealFlight G3 and a USB cable for my transmitter for some sim time before I break too much more on the thing.

You can't beat the price of that heli. It's a collective pitch setup that's 100% ready to fly. Heli, transmitter, lipo & balancing charger (albeit slow), even AAs for the transmitter! for ~$150. Hobby Lobby ran a sale for march that was 20% off one item (they've run it a few times since) so my collective pitch heli was $128 shipped!

Maybe the next IDTT or big MJR run (meet-n-greet) we can bring some toys like this with us to play around!

I want to be like this guy some day (Unbelievable... I swear it defies physics):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3nNiUStTE0

Can you mount air to ground missles on that helo? I know of a couple of meth dealer locations, this would be just the ticket to take them out!