A FUN hobby I thought I'd share with you guys

[fishfighter]

Get one with some pontoons to land in the water and i can scout around to find the boats that are catching fish, then i could become the ultimate potlicker

[keakar]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

Get one with some pontoons to land in the water and i can scout around to find the boats that are catching fish, then i could become the ultimate potlicker

I don't think they can do that without flaps and stuff, just too much going on to control it from flipping to do it remotely.

they do have Styrofoam planes and flying wings and flying disks so at least its retrievable if it goes down on you.

[Swamp Critter]

Originally Posted by keakar

I don't think they can do that without flaps and stuff, just too much going on to control it from flipping to do it remotely.

they do have Styrofoam planes and flying wings and flying disks so at least its retrievable if it goes down on you.

If you're referring to RC planes using floats, taking off from and landing on water, they can. And that's without flaps. Just rudder, throttle, and elevator. The yellow plane is a HobbyZone Champ like mine, with a set of homemade floats. The white and blue plane is a HobbyZone Super Cub (much larger plane) and is shown with a set of optional factory made floats. You'd be surprised at what these simple, foam, trainer type RC airplanes can do.

[Swamp Critter]

Just out of curiosity, did any of you check out the video clips? I was just wondering because nobody has mentioned them so far. By the way, if any of you were wondering what that square device is on the bottom right corner of the transmitter in this picture it's a digital timer. I get it going on take off and it starts beeping when it's time to land. When I have the camera attached to the plane I set it at 4 minutes 30 seconds. Without the camera I can stretch it out a good bit longer, but with the camera I'm probably using at least half the battery running at full throttle to climb up to altitude with the extra weight, and about half throttle or even power off at times to just glide around once it's up there at a good height. But 4 minutes 30 seconds usually leaves enough battery to get back to my "runway" (usually the street right in front of my house) and if there's a vehicle coming or something happens where I can't line up for a good landing, I have enough juice to power up, come around, and make another approach. If the battery does get too low (it happens occasionally), it's designed to cut off power to the motor but still leave current to the controls for steering / elevation. The motor can still be restarted in the air, but it's really just for enough power to get back and land right away. It's better to cut the flight short and save some battery, because if the batteries are run down too often below, I think it's 3.7 volts, it can kill them. In other words, they won't recharge. It's sort of the opposite of a deep cycle battery. It's high output, but they're only designed to be "topped off" when charging. Anyway, I thought I'd post another picture from a video I got a few weeks ago, it's the Iberia Bank building in New Iberia. That was some fun flying that day.