[Kedumba]

Heaps of admiration for your work Mick, I still consider myself very much a novice in the RC aircraft hobby, still struggling in it's intricacies. Hope one day to do more than just look on as others prosper in the hobby's more finer aspects (other than just flying). Keep up the good work.

It's great to hear these kinds of comments. For many years, long before I joined PRCAC and flew my first plane, I always wanted to fly planes. I'd go out to places like luddenham to the Model Park and watch the guys fly there, and whenever there was a display of any kind I'd always watch. I'd grab any chance that I could to chat with the people flying and was always blown away when they would point to their plane and say "yeah I built that". I thought I'd never be able to do anything like that, it always looked too complicated and difficult.

After learning to fly with my Trojan, I decided I wanted a new plane, but being me, I didn't want a plane that anyone else had, I wanted to be different, which is why I started looking at scratch building one. What really surprised me was how easy I found it and how much enjoyment I got from doing it once I got started. It was really a case of making the decision to do it, then jumping in. I know that sounds kinda strange when I think about what I was like way back then when those other guys would talk about the planes that they build. It does feel kinda good to be on the other side of the fence now....

I was quite daunted when I started my first build, however, once I got going, it really only consisted of cutting out all the bits of balsa to the correct shape, then glueing them together and making sure that it's straight. What takes the time is that there is usually quite a lot of bits to cut, sand and glue!!!