Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
Tonight I did something I haven't done in many years.
A friend's son wanted me to teach him how to fly a model airplane. Wow, that's a bit risky - to fly his model, me not being a teacher/instructor of any kind, and way out of currency. So I went out and bought my own! About 130$ ARF (Almost Ready to Fly). All you have to do is charge and install batteries, attach the wing with rubber bands, preflight and go.
I figured I'd learn myself, then try to teach the boy. (No instructors in this area, we checked).
Anyway I flung it in the air, climbed up under duress (it was way out of trim) and then lost sight of its direction a few times (its an RC thing) and managed a few bumps and screeches on the local soccer field!
What a kick!
A friend's son wanted me to teach him how to fly a model airplane. Wow, that's a bit risky - to fly his model, me not being a teacher/instructor of any kind, and way out of currency. So I went out and bought my own! About 130$ ARF (Almost Ready to Fly). All you have to do is charge and install batteries, attach the wing with rubber bands, preflight and go.
I figured I'd learn myself, then try to teach the boy. (No instructors in this area, we checked).
Anyway I flung it in the air, climbed up under duress (it was way out of trim) and then lost sight of its direction a few times (its an RC thing) and managed a few bumps and screeches on the local soccer field!
What a kick!