R/C plane flying..

RevSmoke · 12-22-2011, 11:19 PM

That guy is amazing. Always wanted to do this, but didn't want to "wreck" a couple hundred dollars smashing it into the ground.

RGD. · 12-23-2011, 12:13 AM

R/C anything is really pretty cool stuff. Once you get into it, get a few wrecks under your belt it actually becomes pretty routine.

That guy is corporate sponsored. Meaning that they supply him with the toys and actually pay him to fly.

I raced R/C cars (NASCAR style) competitively for about 12 years. Imagine 12 to 16 cars hitting 40/50 mph on a high speed high banked 400 foot track racing door to door and bumper to bumper. And yes it does get expensive. Thought nothing of it to spend a $100 bucks to gain a few 10ths of second on the track. My race car as it sits has about $2600 in parts in it. Teamed up with a friend to form our own little race team. He would mount, cut and stagger our tires for race days (three sets each) and I would handle the motors - 4 each for race day. Heck I've still got my com cutter and dyno in the shop somewhere.

Lot of fun times.

Ron

12-22-2011, 11:19 PM	#1
RevSmoke Ain't Never Gonna Leave Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Todd Location: Northcentral woods of Wisconsin Posts: 6,893 Trading: (51)	Re: R/C plane flying.. That guy is amazing. Always wanted to do this, but didn't want to "wreck" a couple hundred dollars smashing it into the ground. __________________ Todd__ "Smoke what you like, and enjoy it!"

12-23-2011, 12:13 AM	#2
RGD. God Like Status Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ron Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 971 Trading: (1)	Re: R/C plane flying.. R/C anything is really pretty cool stuff. Once you get into it, get a few wrecks under your belt it actually becomes pretty routine. That guy is corporate sponsored. Meaning that they supply him with the toys and actually pay him to fly. I raced R/C cars (NASCAR style) competitively for about 12 years. Imagine 12 to 16 cars hitting 40/50 mph on a high speed high banked 400 foot track racing door to door and bumper to bumper. And yes it does get expensive. Thought nothing of it to spend a $100 bucks to gain a few 10ths of second on the track. My race car as it sits has about $2600 in parts in it. Teamed up with a friend to form our own little race team. He would mount, cut and stagger our tires for race days (three sets each) and I would handle the motors - 4 each for race day. Heck I've still got my com cutter and dyno in the shop somewhere. Lot of fun times. Ron