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I've been flying RC
for almost 30 years. I started out flying control line originally
and then saved for months to buy a single channel pulse
radio. It was a lot of fun but a pain too to get the model
rigged to fly right on a single channel. I saved for months more
and finally got a 2 channel Futaba with my Brother in Law Tim. We
flew a 2 meter glider by having me climb up on the roof of our barn and
lob the glider off. I crashed more than I flew but that pretty
much hooked me. I didn't really have money or time to pursue it
much while I was in the Air Force and college but right afterwards I
started building and flying again. Below are some pics of a few
of the models I have had and mostly still have. And no, I don't
purposefully pose with each model but Laura has learned to get a shot
before each maden flight cause you never know if you'll see the models
in one piece again :-)
I've got a pile of kits just waiting for the boys to get big enough to
build and fly with me.
Me and Niko (Around 1 Year Old) With my Tiger Moth
Pretty but dangerous... A Cap that broke up on a hard landing and an
Eindecker that had a tip stall from you
know where. Both have gone to the big parts box in the cornier of
my shop.
 
Two of my favorites. F5Bs that climb vertical out of your hand
and hit 100 MPH in level flight. I have no idea how fast
they are going in a vertical dive but an aileron servo jammed on the
one in the left pic during a high speed dive from about 200 feet
up. I got
it straightened out just in time to strain it through a barbed wire
fence. I have since rebuilt it and added speed breaks this time
so I can slow the thing down on landing.
FW183 Ducted Fan. Easy flying Electric-Jet.
 
Mig-3. This has a geared MaxNeo and sounds almost like the real
thing screaming by. My knees shake every time I fly it.
 
Tigermoth My favorite for years. Flew it one too many times
in a field that was way too small for a bird this size and stalled it
into a tree trying to turn too tight to final. I probably could
have rebuilt it but the airframe was getting pretty worn out from lots
of flying. I have another Moth to build when I get a chance.
Nice little Mx400 heli. It still has the training gear in this
pic but I found out I was better off without them. I got lots of
flying off this one.
Pics of my Picolo, Carona and ECO8. I flew them all but ended up
selling them all too in order to get something nicer. Right now
I'm building up a Gaui Hurricane 550. I'll post some pics of
that soon.
This is my ornithopter winging its way back to me at the end of a
flight. Very strange to fly. Throttle varies the speed that
the wings flap. The faster it flaps, the higher it flies.
It has a glide like a dead pigeon (Actually looks like one with its
wings folded way back) and will tuck
its head under and go for the ground if you cut the throttle too fast.
This is a Palio powered glider with about a three meter wingspan.
It has plenty of power on climb and will thermal pretty well in the
right conditions. Like most big sailplanes, it is not very quick
to turn so you have to think ahead of it to stay out of trouble.
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