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

[Loneshark]

This is a good starter plane which you can grow into. It is a four channel but you can unplug and secure the ailerons until you are comfortable flying it as a three channel. It is a decent size so wind won't bother it as much and you can mount a go pro on it if you wished. A lot of people use this platform to fly in first person view( FPV).
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/ind...roducts_id=505

[Swamp Critter]

Originally Posted by Loneshark

This is a good starter plane which you can grow into. It is a four channel but you can unplug and secure the ailerons until you are comfortable flying it as a three channel. It is a decent size so wind won't bother it as much and you can mount a go pro on it if you wished. A lot of people use this platform to fly in first person view( FPV).
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/ind...roducts_id=505

Looks like a really cool plane. And with the prop being a "pusher" behind the wing, you don't get the annoying stripes effect on the video from the prop, with the camera mounted forward.

[Swamp Critter]

One thing that's sort of amusing when flying these small rc planes is that birds sometimes try to "attack" them in the air. And for some reason, the small birds seem to be the most aggressive. One morning last summer I took my plane out to fly over a large open area, with grass about six inches to a foot high in some places. It was still early, no wind at all, very quiet. Perfect conditions. Flying about 50 or 60 feet off the ground, this small bird flew up to my plane chirping and tweeting like crazy. Next thing I knew there was two, three, and in no time it was something like ten to fifteen of them all trying to peck at my plane. The only way I got rid of them was putting it in a quick little dive, then a loop. That made them scatter, at least temporarily. They came back, but seemed to lose interest after I got it away from the field. I guess they figured it was some weird looking yellow bird intruding on their turf, and they were probably satisfied they'd showed it how "fierce" they were and ran it off.

[Swamp Critter]

Another thing worth mentioning about flying a small rc plane like this in the wind, is it's just not that much fun constantly trying to keep it from crashing. As I said before it will fly in a MODERATE wind, but it's like flying a very bouncy little kite with no string. On the other hand when it's calm and the plane is properly trimmed and balanced, it flies BEAUTIFULLY. It looks very much like a full size aircraft in the air.

[Swamp Critter]

Well, looks like there won't be much rc flying this weekend. Looks like rain, and maybe even severe weather. Oh well, some other time.

[Swamp Critter]

Well I was able to get in a little flying time this morning. I did get some video but I find that getting video of morning flights on bright, clear days like this tends to produce a lot of unwanted prop image on the video. Much better either before sunrise or after sunset. Or, for that matter, on a somewhat overcast day. So I reviewed the video I got this morning, but it was nothing special. I thought I'd post this picture from a flight I'd filmed last week, I thought it was sort of amusing. It's my dog staring at me through the gate across my driveway as I'm flying my plane. To give it a bit of perspective, he's a Boxer and he's a little over 100 pounds. His name is Mac and he's spoiled rotten. Lol!

[Fishbum]

Funny video of a friends, friend running a RC boat on avery island
http://youtu.be/0c0logg16bQ