Passed My A Test Today

[mumof4]

As you know, i fly RC aeroplanes, today i took my A test which means i no longer have to have someone stand with me when i fly, bit like passing your driving test.LOL.

 

So now, i am no longer a trainee, i am now a fully fledged flyer. <_<

[mk2vr6]

god help us! some idiot let you loose with a car once and the roads havent been safe since! now an even bigger idiot has let you loose with a guided missile! thank christ the range on those things isnt that much!

[stevie m]

Congrats Maz... EVERYONE RUN FOR COVER ! :lol: <_< :D :31: :31: WELL DONE. Edited October 6, 2008 by stevie m

[mumof4]

awww shucks mk2, i know your pleased for me really :lol: , besides, i fly in a 5 acre field surrounded by fields <_<

 

thanks stevie, yer cheeky bugger you. :31:

[Smilge]

Congrats Maz ......... just think in a few years time you could be piloting the Predator over Afghanistan ... and that is now fitted with missiles! Now there's a thought.

[seatkid]

Well done and enjoy!

[jkspoff]

Congratulations, this is something I have always wanted to do, and hope to in the near future, I am envious ! :31: Please fill us in on the costs involved if you don't mind, or even PM me. :16:

[mumof4]

thanks peeps, pm sent to you jk.

 

yup, i am enjoying it, it is so very relaxing, meet new people and the events and shows are amazeing, rc is no longer itty bitty planes, some go at more than 250 mph,

 

 

Bleeno, some of the planes that are flown have missiles and bombs attached to them.LOL.

 

ok, my initial set up, a second hand elation buddy with engine cost me 90 quid, transmitter which is a futaba 2.4 gig, cost me 120 quid ( since come down in price)

 

since then, the engine has been replaced with an Os55max which means my plane has unlimited vertical and flys like the wind.

 

Its an ace sport, and one your kids can get into aswell, insurance through the bmfa for 10 million squid, costs around 15 quid i think a year.

 

any qs, just please ask.

[searcher]

Ive got a question hun, How come you can afford to fly planes but cant afford to have your broken windscreen replaced in the Gal :16:

[mumof4]

I bought my plane over a year ago, and a lot changes in a year. If i crashed her now, i could not afford to replace her.The raven is made from EPP, a practically indestructable foam.

[stevie m]

I bought my plane over a year ago, and a lot changes in a year. If i crashed her now, i could not afford to replace her.The raven is made from EPP, a practically indestructable foam.

 

I bet if i had ago I would break it. :16:

[gregers]

i fly in a 5 acre field surrounded by fields wink.gif

 

AND YOUR STILL PROBABLY HIT SOMETHING, :31: :16:

[familyman]

thanks peeps, pm sent to you jk.

 

yup, i am enjoying it, it is so very relaxing, meet new people and the events and shows are amazeing, rc is no longer itty bitty planes, some go at more than 250 mph,

 

 

Bleeno, some of the planes that are flown have missiles and bombs attached to them.LOL.

 

ok, my initial set up, a second hand elation buddy with engine cost me 90 quid, transmitter which is a futaba 2.4 gig, cost me 120 quid ( since come down in price)

 

since then, the engine has been replaced with an Os55max which means my plane has unlimited vertical and flys like the wind.

 

Its an ace sport, and one your kids can get into aswell, insurance through the bmfa for 10 million squid, costs around 15 quid i think a year.

 

any qs, just please ask.

You certainly know your stuff Maz , i never thought it was so involved, nice one !

[mumof4]

thanks hun, its an ongoing learning curve about teensy glow plugs, charging up, starting, checking everything moves the right way, all good fun, then seeing her launch into the sky after taxying off, ace feeling, landing is always a butt clencher specially in a weeeee bit of wind. a 90 degree crosswind can make the landing a bit more exciting LOL.