Checking in from MN. Last time I flew something outdoors was an 049 balsa wood trainer on control lines (string) with a 6 foot crepe paper streamer tied on the tail, with two other guys flying the same. Combat. Chew up the other guys streamer. I was adept at losing. It was 1966 or ‘67.
I did drive a home made RC lawnmower to cut my lawn in ‘88-9. There are similarities in control - reversing control out and back.
MPP showed up just after Christmas. With an average temperature below zero, out door flight is a ways off. In the mean time, I am flying figure eights horizontally and vertically in the simulator so I can bring back and reinforce old muscle memory.
Has anyone ever tried attaching a fishing line on the first few open field flights? Infant mortality is not unknown to me in complex hardware. I’d like have this thing on a leash until I can trust this baby to not wander off in a flaky hardware stupor.
I did drive a home made RC lawnmower to cut my lawn in ‘88-9. There are similarities in control - reversing control out and back.
MPP showed up just after Christmas. With an average temperature below zero, out door flight is a ways off. In the mean time, I am flying figure eights horizontally and vertically in the simulator so I can bring back and reinforce old muscle memory.
Has anyone ever tried attaching a fishing line on the first few open field flights? Infant mortality is not unknown to me in complex hardware. I’d like have this thing on a leash until I can trust this baby to not wander off in a flaky hardware stupor.