24-05-2012, 10:08 PM
About 56 years ago I started makng my first planes.
In the UK Keil Kraft balsa and tissue covered models.
My first one was a Hurricane which was powered by winding a rubber band
attached to the prop.
My second was a F86 Sabre jet which was powered by lighting a solid fuel cartridge contained
inside a small JetX motor.
Think maximum flying time was about 45 seconds
I later moved on to control line flying and had a semi scale Focke Wulf FW190 which used a small
IC engine.
After coming to Australia I never had any money to persue the hobby until about 27 years ago
when I bought an AirFlite Hustler kit and a Sanwa Excellence Series EX6 6channel digital proportional system (which I still have today complete with servos etc)
That radio has never been used except in a static model as I was too scared to fly by myself.
I built the Hustler and gave it away.
In 1997 I was on holidays in Norfolk Island and caught the bug again and bought a Great Planes Super Sports 40 but on returning home work and life's other chores again interfered and I never got around to building that model.
I endured a few years of mates and family having a go at me about I would never fly until one day I found Kieran on rcgroups who told me about PRCAC and invited me down to have a look at what I was missing.
The rest is history as they say, bought a foam Cessna and 2.4Ghz Radio and gave the Super Sports to my son Kev who ended up building and flying it as his first plane.
In the UK Keil Kraft balsa and tissue covered models.
My first one was a Hurricane which was powered by winding a rubber band
attached to the prop.
My second was a F86 Sabre jet which was powered by lighting a solid fuel cartridge contained
inside a small JetX motor.
Think maximum flying time was about 45 seconds
I later moved on to control line flying and had a semi scale Focke Wulf FW190 which used a small
IC engine.
After coming to Australia I never had any money to persue the hobby until about 27 years ago
when I bought an AirFlite Hustler kit and a Sanwa Excellence Series EX6 6channel digital proportional system (which I still have today complete with servos etc)
That radio has never been used except in a static model as I was too scared to fly by myself.
I built the Hustler and gave it away.
In 1997 I was on holidays in Norfolk Island and caught the bug again and bought a Great Planes Super Sports 40 but on returning home work and life's other chores again interfered and I never got around to building that model.
I endured a few years of mates and family having a go at me about I would never fly until one day I found Kieran on rcgroups who told me about PRCAC and invited me down to have a look at what I was missing.
The rest is history as they say, bought a foam Cessna and 2.4Ghz Radio and gave the Super Sports to my son Kev who ended up building and flying it as his first plane.
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Scratchbuilt F14 Tomcat(Pukin Dogs)
Vector X
Eflite F86 Sabre(Taz Tiger)
Qantas Airbus A380(Nancy-Bird Walton)
Boeing 737-800
ProEDF F16
Falcon 120(Gas Turbine)
Fly Fly F100 Super Sabre
Pheonix Tiger 6
VQ Models P61 Night Fighter
CY Models FW190