Just Curious

[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
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!

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!

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