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pat_in_the_hat
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Who is into rc things? Ive always been a huge nerd when it comes to rc flight.

for my senior project in college i had to fully design a fully operational drone to carry 15 lbs with a 3 lb deployable cargo. Then go compete with it in the SAE international comp in LA. It was complete with sensors for temp, alt and air speed while sending the data, along with live video feed to the ground station.
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Personally, I just have a xieda 9958 heli which I have gotten quite good at flying. Super fun indoor flying.
But today I just bought a hobby king walrus powered glider. Super stoked to fly that around. Put a gopro on it and fly around my local ski hill. Cant wait. Maybe even attach some estes rockets under the wing for the 6th channel.

Anyone else on ns also nerd out on rc hobbies? What do you have? Easily the best way to find girls
Sep 16 2013 4:24PM
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Granby_killdozer
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0.0 wut
Sep 16 2013 4:26PM
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Zimmerman
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I like 25-i
Sep 16 2013 4:27PM
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arnie_grape
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careful those things can chop your head off
Sep 16 2013 4:27PM
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last_tango
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More of a off road guy myself. Have a t4 xxxbk2 sc10 and a ofna buggie that i forget what model it is but its not a hyper.
Sep 16 2013 4:31PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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My one and only rc airplane is sitting in 12 pieces in a storage facility.
Sep 16 2013 4:34PM
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howlongcanausern
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radian pro....lost my radian flying in the mountains, looked down to get better footing and couldn't find it again...lol probably still flying

pretty fun learning trim/landing/thermal flying

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Sep 16 2013 4:52PM
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JahFeels
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I was into mostly cars and raced short-course for a couple years. At one point i had 12 cars and 4 planes, 3 of which i built myself out of insulation foam.
Sep 16 2013 4:57PM
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DrZoidberg
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If by this you mean you're going to make your plane able to fire missiles, then please, please do this. Or if you're gonna make it have rocket boosters I guess that's cool as well.
Sep 16 2013 5:46PM
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SoAnG
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Henseliet 700, and a couple Trex 500.
Sep 16 2013 5:55PM
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Joebin
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I used to be huge into RC, but once I got older I moved on to things you can actually drive. Still have my collection though. I have a decent sized RC chopper, a Team Losi Mini-t, and a few things from traxxas.
Sep 16 2013 5:57PM
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Bombogenesis
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bumping with a gopro video from my RC electric plane. Thinking I got to about 1200-1500'.


http://www.harwintonphoto.net/GOPR0558.MP4
Apr 26 2014 8:00PM
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Bombogenesis
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http://www.harwintonphoto.net/GOPR0558.MP4

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Apr 26 2014 8:01PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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^ thats awesome man. sweet video
Apr 26 2014 9:03PM
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Bombogenesis
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pat_in_the_hat^ thats awesome man. sweet video


Thanks, there's a little scratch on the lens which is annoying but I think it came out pretty good.
Apr 27 2014 8:53AM
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integralmgmt
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any pics of your drone? sounds pretty sick
Apr 27 2014 9:45AM
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bnewbs6
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I don't have any unfortunately. But I love rc helicopters. Been wanting one since I was a kid and love flying them a ton
Apr 27 2014 12:16PM
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slav_slayer
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RC Cars i have an HPI Firestorm 10
Apr 27 2014 12:56PM
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NinetyFour
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Yeah I fly both helis and planes, and drive surface stuff to.

Helis:
Blade 400
Blade Mcpx

Planes:
Carbon Z Yak
Tiger 2 with a 0.60 in it
Sig Kadet with a 0.40 in it
An insane amount of micros, most of them scratch built.

Surface:
SC10
Mini Revo
Micro-T

I definitely prefer flying 3D the most, but really, everything is pretty fun.
Apr 27 2014 1:03PM
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last_tango
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bnewbs6I don't have any unfortunately. But I love rc helicopters. Been wanting one since I was a kid and love flying them a ton


Get into short course truck racing at you local dirt hobby track. Way funner that helicopters and i find it to be more social than flying.
Apr 27 2014 2:07PM
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Bombogenesis
Posts: 1985 - Karma: 4,022
NinetyFourYeah I fly both helis and planes, and drive surface stuff to.

Helis:
Blade 400
Blade Mcpx

Planes:
Carbon Z Yak
Tiger 2 with a 0.60 in it
Sig Kadet with a 0.40 in it
An insane amount of micros, most of them scratch built.

Surface:
SC10
Mini Revo
Micro-T

I definitely prefer flying 3D the most, but really, everything is pretty fun.



I almost got a yak. How is it?
Apr 27 2014 2:25PM
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spliff.Life
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I have an ipod and a bicycle?
Apr 27 2014 2:51PM
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slav_slayer
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NinetyFourYeah I fly both helis and planes, and drive surface stuff to.

Helis:
Blade 400
Blade Mcpx

Planes:
Carbon Z Yak
Tiger 2 with a 0.60 in it
Sig Kadet with a 0.40 in it
An insane amount of micros, most of them scratch built.

Surface:
SC10
Mini Revo
Micro-T

I definitely prefer flying 3D the most, but really, everything is pretty fun.

i have a brush-less micro-t its fast as shit
Apr 27 2014 4:39PM
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first_rodeo
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Duratrax Evader
Traxxas Revo

also an unknown rc plane, ive never been good at flying it
Apr 27 2014 4:41PM
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DrZoidberg
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Do people just make planes or wings/foils out of foam and glass, or just foam even since I guess glass and resin isn't totally needed?
Apr 27 2014 6:25PM
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NinetyFour
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BombogenesisI almost got a yak. How is it?


Well it's had a rough life. On my first night out with it, I completely lost a rudder servo in flight. Luckily it was only rudder so I was able to land it just fine, I just couldn't taxi back in. In the end, the servo's gears had completely detonated, so I dumped some digital steel gear Hitecs into it.

A few more flights later, I was doing some fast flatspins and stabbed the throttle to exit one and the prop and hub shot off the motor and I couldn't get it back out of the spin, was just way too low by that point. The airplane smacked the ground and the fuse split in two. I ended up gluing it back together, and putting a set screw in the prop hub and the airplane has been fine ever since.

Overall it's not a super high quality airplane. For the price, I'd go buy something from precision aerobatics and built that up next time.
DrZoidbergDo people just make planes or wings/foils out of foam and glass, or just foam even since I guess glass and resin isn't totally needed?


I'd say building rc planes is pretty akin to building surfboards although I've never done the latter. Me and my dad have both done built up balsa wings, and glass coated foam wings, and hybrids of the two. There's so many ways to build though.
Apr 27 2014 7:25PM
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DrZoidberg
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If you're into lightweight parts, make a foam/glass part then drill a small hole and solvate the foam out of it.
Apr 27 2014 10:01PM
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Chinchi
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When I was younger I used to be pretty into it, I had a traxxas stampede and used to hit hella kickers with it it was pretty dope.
Apr 27 2014 10:04PM
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*N_Wist*
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One of these, fast as fuck and ridiculously fun to jump


and one of these just for kicks I prefer gas over electric though
Apr 27 2014 10:18PM
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DayMan
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*N_Wist*One of these, fast as fuck and ridiculously fun to jump


I had one of those for a while but took it jumping one day and all the suspension just snapped and died. Fucking plastic parts..
Apr 27 2014 10:57PM
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