Just Curious

[Matt Olieman]

Just curious how many of you are R/C Flyers :) So please participate in the Pol.

[Trevor Hale]

LOL

There should have been a selection, Want to be one, but have not tried it yet!

I would love to try it out, at least have someone with me that knows how, so I don't pile my new plane into the ground on the first flight :)

Trev

[sas550]

Tried once. Bought me a plastic aircraft for 100Euro. First it went up, then it went down, hard, so my 100Euro was lost.

Haven't tried anymore since then.

[AndyT]

I have a small RC twin. Its way too light to fly on most days here because the trade winds take it and toss it willy-nilly.

[JBaymore]

So let's see here..........

You take a tiny lightweight "lipstick" video camera and hook it to a HAM TV band tranceiver, and you then mount that camera in the nose of an RC aircaft so the lens is where the pilot would be. Then you get normal RC controls and interface them to the controls in a simpit. Then you feed the camera output to the main video display projector of the simpit.

Then you build a scale model airport and put the plane at the airport.

Merging of about five hobbies into one. "As real as it gets!" Sort of like the military use of the Predator drones......without the use of the Hellfire missles, however :wink:.


best,

...................john

[Westozy's missus]

LOL

There should have been a selection, Want to be one, but have not tried it yet!

I would love to try it out, at least have someone with me that knows how, so I don't pile my new plane into the ground on the first flight :)

Trev

Just wait and see what Gwyn has to say about this...oh he's the guru of how to fly an R/C.....

[QF6228]

Mmm seems like Gwyn is the guru of everything :D
You the man Gwyn!! ;)

I have 2 RC aircraft...

[Matt Olieman]

So let's see here..........

You take a tiny lightweight "lipstick" video camera and hook it to a HAM TV band tranceiver, .............., however :wink:.


best,

...................john


Thought of this seriously, but..... :)

[Bob Reed]

Use to but it is a lot cheaper to just hit the reset button in FS..... Stopped spending my money on the RC stuff and put it in the sim...

[marius]

I have an RC aeroplane... but I wouldn't call myself a flyer... I have killed one too many a plastic pilot :(

[Tomlin]

I voted 'No' because I currently am not one, but back about 10 years ago I was. Was. WAS, until a good friend (the one who helped me discover aviation and introduced me to FS3 I think or FS4?) crashed my trainer, and it eventually wound up serving as part of a cabin for an RC sailboat that I built out of a 4x4 post. Actually sailed good....

If I ever get back into RC though I am sure it will be with electrics vs. gas. I hate the high pitched unrealistic engines on those suckers. The bigger 4 strokes are cool though.

[Trevor Hale]

Just wait and see what Gwyn has to say about this...oh he's the guru of how to fly an R/C.....

LOL... Has Gwyn had one or two little accidents?

[Westozy]

Mmm seems like Gwyn is the guru of everything :D
You the man Gwyn!! ;)

I have 2 RC aircraft...

Gwyn the 'guru' spent two months and $1,100 bucks on an RC trainer with all the fruit and crashed it into a chook farm on the first flight. The chooks were not happy and neither was farmer Jack who came to investigate the commotion with his loaded shotgun. He avoided a possible jail sentence by allowing me to collect my pieces of broken aircraft and escorted me off the the property alive and shaken.
A month later the beast was rebuilt and ready for another mission with the wingspan shortened 4 inches and another couple of hundred on the credit card, this time in the hands of a skilled instructor. After a few lessons I was managing passable circuits and approaches when my dad invited me to see the new 'FS4 flight simulator' program on his new computer, 1991 I think, the result of that moment - For sale - 1 x RC plane & 4 channel Futaba controller - $400. Sold at a $900 loss. Be gone smelly oily beast that used to bite my fingers. A flight simmer was born and I saved for my first PC. I wouldn't mind a bash at an electric RC for Christmas lovely missus, for the boy of course!:wink:

Gwyn

[Trevor Hale]

LMAO.

I am sure a weekend with the two of you would be one heck of a hoot! I am sure that a day doesn't goes by that you two don't have a laugh about something.

You definitely have tried everything and anything at least once haven't ya!

[Westozy's missus]

I wouldn't mind a bash at an electric RC for Christmas lovely missus, for the boy of course!:wink:

Gwyn

Silly silly person....what are you thinking? Gwyn you live in a world that is of it's own universe....Over the years I believe we've spent money on...mmmm...let me see.....

1. Roller skates
2. Ice skates
3. Panel vans........
4. Baseball/softball...need the shoes...the outfit....the bag....etc etc..."after all honey I am playing State and I am THE best catcher WA has ever seen"....(NB: Di was young and in love at this stage!)
5. Ski boats & trailers x more than one!
6. All the fancy gear you HAVE to wear when you go skiing
7. Oh and don't forget the latest fanciest ski....but wait a minute got so good we just go barefoot....so that ski you bought stayed in the car!
8. Musical instruments like you wouldn't believe PLUS all the fruit you apparently need to run a guitar and piano and microphone...
9. RC plane...nuff said...
10.. Go-cart...oh that was fun for a summer...personally never saw it go but Gwyn liked sitting in it
11. Cars...of course there's always the cars...but needless to say every repair needs a new tool....
12. Motorbikes...of course there's always the motorbikes...and the new helmets...dryriders....gearsacks....OH and don't forget the new tools to service the motorbikes....
13. Furniture building...yep we went there for a while including a cot for the twins...but of course we needed new tools...
14. OK now we need to fly coz we did the RC stuff and it just didn't do it for him...so now we're going to learn to fly for real....
15. So we learned how to fly for real...ahh why bother there's good old flight sim.....................
16. Now we're really cooking with gas....tools to build the flight sim - seems every single part you build requires some fangdangled new tool...
17. Of course the Dremel was going to do it all...so got him that for Christmas....yep it was great for a couple of weeks until he worked out he needed new attachments for the Dremel (even though I had bought a bonza pack of EVERY tool you could think of to go on a Dremel).
18. Forget building stuff for my flight sim what about the rest of the world....OH yes and of course I'm going to need some new tools......

So darling heart of mine if you even THINK about bringing back the RC component into the wonderful lives we share I think I shall fall into a big pile of %&*$.............:-?

[Westozy]

Silly silly person....what are you thinking? Gwyn you live in a world that is of it's own universe....Over the years I believe we've spent money on...mmmm...let me see.....

1. Roller skates
2. Ice skates
3. Panel vans........
4. Baseball/softball...need the shoes...the outfit....the bag....etc etc..."after all honey I am playing State and I am THE best catcher WA has ever seen"....(NB: Di was young and in love at this stage!)
5. Ski boats & trailers x more than one!
6. All the fancy gear you HAVE to wear when you go skiing
7. Oh and don't forget the latest fanciest ski....but wait a minute got so good we just go barefoot....so that ski you bought stayed in the car!
8. Musical instruments like you wouldn't believe PLUS all the fruit you apparently need to run a guitar and piano and microphone...
9. RC plane...nuff said...
10.. Go-cart...oh that was fun for a summer...personally never saw it go but Gwyn liked sitting in it
11. Cars...of course there's always the cars...but needless to say every repair needs a new tool....
12. Motorbikes...of course there's always the motorbikes...and the new helmets...dryriders....gearsacks....OH and don't forget the new tools to service the motorbikes....
13. Furniture building...yep we went there for a while including a cot for the twins...but of course we needed new tools...
14. OK now we need to fly coz we did the RC stuff and it just didn't do it for him...so now we're going to learn to fly for real....
15. So we learned how to fly for real...ahh why bother there's good old flight sim.....................
16. Now we're really cooking with gas....tools to build the flight sim - seems every single part you build requires some fangdangled new tool...
17. Of course the Dremel was going to do it all...so got him that for Christmas....yep it was great for a couple of weeks until he worked out he needed new attachments for the Dremel (even though I had bought a bonza pack of EVERY tool you could think of to go on a Dremel).
18. Forget building stuff for my flight sim what about the rest of the world....OH yes and of course I'm going to need some new tools......

So darling heart of mine if you even THINK about bringing back the RC component into the wonderful lives we share I think I shall fall into a big pile of %&*$.............:-?

It was all part of my master plan to eventually have enough gear to form 'Aerosim Solutions'. I thought I could make some money to buy the winery of your dreams. I was only ever thinking of your needs dear, you listed all the elements but you just didn't put it all together! BTW, I've found the lathe I need in South Australia, it will cost one A320 TQ and a couple of speedbrakes!!!

[Michael Carter]

Back in the mid-eighties I bough and built a Great Planes trainer. It turned out pretty good. I had an old hand teach me to fly it and I did for a few months. After a rather close call I decided to sell it.

I would have hated to crash it and saw all of my work end up as a pile of splinters.

After that I attended college to get my real tickets.

[Westozy's missus]

It was all part of my master plan to eventually have enough gear to form 'Aerosim Solutions'. I thought I could make some money to buy the winery of your dreams. I was only ever thinking of your needs dear, you listed all the elements but you just didn't put it all together! BTW, I've found the lathe I need in South Australia, it will cost one A320 TQ and a couple of speedbrakes!!!

See you were going well when you were talking about the winery.....then lost me with the lathe in South Australia.........but good effort;)

[marius]

Lucky my wife doesn't read this forum. If she only knew that I am following in Westozy's footsteps.

I also have been through the nitro planes, nitro rc cars, electric planes, motorbikes (dirt and road), cars (from Turbo charged and modified death trap to now 4x4), guns.... I can keep going but I won't.

I just like playing with new stuff. I am 32 and I may be getting worse with age.

From an email I got today -

"Life shouldn’t be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways VB in one hand Ciggy in other, body totally used up worn out and screaming WOO HOO WHAT A RIDE."

[Trevor Hale]

"Life shouldn’t be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways VB in one hand Ciggy in other, body totally used up worn out and screaming WOO HOO WHAT A RIDE."

ROFL. Ain't that the truth. What a rush. It is funny, according to my wife... Everything for the sim costs $58 Bucks :) These forums have proved that to her LOL

[Westozy]

See you were going well when you were talking about the winery.....then lost me with the lathe in South Australia.........but good effort;)

How do I build replica working aircraft parts that appear to be in demand worldwide? I use the same formula that keeps me with you darling, patience and tenacity!

[Matt Olieman]

How do I build replica working aircraft parts that appear to be in demand worldwide? I use the same formula that keeps me with you darling, patience and tenacity!

Hhhhmmmm, I'm learning here.... I'll remember this one, thank you Gwyn :)

[Trevor Hale]

LMAO. Hey Gwyn... Careful, you might end up on the sofa or worse yet... Banished to the shed.. Cool!

[Bob Reed]

LMAO. Hey Gwyn... Careful, you might end up on the sofa or worse yet... Banished to the shed.. Cool!

Hmmmm Banished to the shed... Which is right where he wants to be anyway...... :p

[Westozy]

Hmmmm Banished to the shed... Which is right where he wants to be anyway...... :p

At least we get to talk to each other at IFSBI!

[dnoize]

I have 3 RC helicopters, but i'd like to have one of those:



http://i2.ediy.co.nz/94294.jpg



more of these here:

http://www.edfmodel.com/home-xidc7366.html


Stef

[Michael Carter]

There's a great looking PSA 727 RC video out there somewhere on u-tube.

I wouldn't mind giving that a try.

[JBaymore]

Everything for the sim costs $58 Bucks :)

Everything that I have bought for my sim is 58 bucks. Must be some form of price control. ;)

best,

.................john

[Trevor Hale]

Everything that I have bought for my sim is 58 bucks. Must be some form of price control. ;)

best,

.................john


ROFL.. Weird eh John? I think it is a con.... Con..... Spiricy

LMAO

[Michael Carter]

They must have a secret special flight sim builder's store for married guys. :roll:

[Matt Olieman]

Oh, nobody has heard of the 58 buck specials? My wife knows about those.... Matter of fact, I just spent 58 bucks, the day before yesterday, on a 58 buck special. I still have the bruises to show for it. :p

[Westozy]

I did it! Today I bought a small used metal lathe - AUD$500 from a retired old boy + $58 for the live centre for the tailstock. Does anybody know what would be the best way to break the news to the missus when she gets home? I'm trembling! I'll get some pics if she lets me put it on the kitchen table, I'm collecting it at the end of the week.

Gwyn

[Westozy's missus]

I did it! Today I bought a small used metal lathe - AUD$500 from a retired old boy + $58 for the live centre for the tailstock. Does anybody know what would be the best way to break the news to the missus when she gets home? I'm trembling! I'll get some pics if she lets me put it on the kitchen table, I'm collecting it at the end of the week.

Gwyn

Yep....came home to glass of wine already poured....beaming husband....big hugs.......of course my immediate reaction "OMG What have you done?" I KNEW IT..................and if it goes anywhere near my kitchen table it's no more kissing dates for you young man!!!!

[marius]

Well, I think that went well considering what could have happened.

[Westozy]

Phew! that was close...

[Trevor Hale]

Gwyn.... Flowers buddy, Flowers would be good now. And you had better move some linens to the shed, it gets cold at night :)

See.. Lok again that 58 Bucks LMAO

[Westozy's missus]

Gwyn.... Flowers buddy, Flowers would be good now. And you had better move some linens to the shed, it gets cold at night :)


Yeah and you can sleep on that WONDERFUL new lathe since it's SSSOOOO important.........:-x

[Matt Olieman]

OMG, what have I done.... All I asked was, who plays with R/C airplanes. OOPS! I may of broken up a marriage :(

[Westozy's missus]

OMG, what have I done.... All I asked was, who plays with R/C airplanes. OOPS! I may of broken up a marriage :(

Sorry Matt, I have be warned about staying away from threads other than those specifically for wives coz we're just not special enough to have input...except to say that this is where Gwyn and I actually get to have a conversation.....I just couldn't resist this one coz Gwyn's always soooo clever at everything that I really wanted him to tell his tale of the chicken killer plane...bless his cotton socks - he was quite upset as he saw it disappear in the distance and uttered the words "I've lost it honey...SOB". These words were words swiftly followed by an almighty crash and the frenzied clucking of many headless chooks!!!!!:p

[Westozy]

Which came first, the chicken or the screaming OS max 46? I never considered that it could have been an aircraft malfunction or radio failure. perhaps I wasn't crap at R/C after all. I like flying my Jim Leroy Pitts Bulldog in tower view over Meigs field and can land it on the runway. Tip for tower view flying - Shift+z to keep an eye on altitude and direction. Practice accurate circuits and you get the hang of it soon enough. Easier with a Cessna for starters. There you go Matt - the thread's back to R/C!

Gwyn

[Matt Olieman]

:D I was getting worried about you Gwyn :D You'd loose in the end ;)

Glad you and the missus made up??? :roll:

"Headless Chook's" .... LMAO :p I could see it now :o

[Westozy's missus]

"Headless Chook's" .... LMAO :p I could see it now :o

And you should have seen the state of the plane when it was retrieved.....not a pretty sight!!:lol:

Bit a technical error on my part however, can "headless chooks" cluck? Which came first....the decapitation or the cluck? My guess is the cluck!

Sorry Gwyn...not technically about R/C...but still in the ballpark of flying!?!?!

[Bob Reed]

And you should have seen the state of the plane when it was retrieved.....not a pretty sight!!:lol:

Bit a technical error on my part however, can "headless chooks" cluck? Which came first....the decapitation or the cluck? My guess is the cluck!

Sorry Gwyn...not technically about R/C...but still in the ballpark of flying!?!?!

Um.........Yes.........:)

[Tracy Hale]

I've missed so much! :lol:

[Westozy's missus]

I've missed so much! :lol:

Yeah where have you been? I didn't think it would take that long to clear the basement of all that stuff that is apparently VERY IMPORTANT:lol:

[Gaspode]

I went out to an RC club at Wigram when I still lived in NZ, and I thought it would be cool to get into - though harder to hide the $58 specials with them I think.

My wife is oblivious (I like to think - though doubt) to the costs of things, I really would love to get the nice toys, but I'm spending enough building them and finding out I've done something wrong, and that it would take 3 panadols, 4 nightmares and more than I can do to fix them.

MCP version 4 will be started first :)

Hon, I just bought some more switches etc for the sim, love you - no didn't spend more than $20.

Wait till she learns it's more than $20 for the minimum order :)

[Tracy Hale]

Yeah where have you been? I didn't think it would take that long to clear the basement of all that stuff that is apparently VERY IMPORTANT:lol:

Too much down there to clear out by myself....any volunteers to help? :cool:

[Matt Olieman]

Speaking of trying to get volunteers Tracy :)

Anybody want to help me clear out a garage, so I can start putting my Sim back together :)

[Tracy Hale]

Hey Matt, I could use a holiday away from Trev's mess. Someone else's mess might be nice for a change! :lol:

[Matt Olieman]

It's mostly my wifes stuff, Halloween and x-mas stuff and a few other catagories... A womans touch would be helpful :)

[Trevor Hale]

Hey Matt, I could use a holiday away from Trev's mess. Someone else's mess might be nice for a change! :lol:

My wife is being very supportive of the Maintenance I am preforming on the sim. New MIP, New Pedestal, and New Overhead. The kitchen, Living Room, Family Room and Basement are a disaster. But soon enough everything will be back to normal :)

Thanks Dear. It is good to know your so SUPPORTIVE..

[Tracy Hale]

It's mostly my wifes stuff, Halloween and x-mas stuff and a few other catagories... A womans touch would be helpful :)

Well the halloween and xmas stuff sounds like fun but depending what the "few other categories" mean.....are we talking tools and things? ;-)

[Tracy Hale]

Thanks Dear. It is good to know your so SUPPORTIVE..

Good god! You and that word "supportive".... :mrgreen:

[Matt Olieman]

...are we talking tools and things? ;-)


Oops!!!! BUSTED!!!! :(

[Trevor Hale]

LOL...

Matt, Tracy doesn't do tools LMAO! She would have fun with the other stuff though. Although she would drive you nuts alphabetizing the entire garage on you :)

[Tracy Hale]

LOL...

Matt, Tracy doesn't do tools LMAO! She would have fun with the other stuff though. Although she would drive you nuts alphabetizing the entire garage on you :)

Trev, tell Matt how he could phone me 6 months later and ask where something was put and I would be able to tell him! ;-)

[Matt Olieman]

I've got to admit, that would be helpful. I always forget where I put those important items. Even though they are in a safe place :)