DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT

i will weigh in:

i fly Precision Aerobatics electric hi performance 3d planes - they are a client of mine - and i love the gear they make. By far the best technology in the carbon / balsa / lipo / brushless motor market

if you are interested this is a favourite model of mine - The ultimate AMR bipe

http://exposureroom.com/50ffd6414c294e16b404493686e27b54/

What is with all the red thumbs?

Having done both, I can say that real RC Helicopters makes windsurfing look easy. So easy there is no comparison.
Not those bvllsh!tfarken conta-rotating IR controlled things that a 3 y/o can fly, a proper one with cyclic and collective pitch..... doing 8 things with 2 sticks at the same time...... try that on your Wii.



Google "Trex 450 3D" or something and watch some vids...... then realise it takes 3 months just to learn to hover the damn thing.

Plus, red thumbs for a guy who is injured so may not be able to windsurf and needs a new hobby is pretty bad taste......... CAPS LOCK OR NOT


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FormulaNova said...

Mark, I don't know about anyone else, but he asked for a show of hands on whether other people liked the idea. I figured red-thumbs vs green-thumbs was the way to show this.

Yeah fair cop.

He said "CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR RC PLANES & HELIS??" and I took that to mean "what do ya think about RC stuff" .... not like a poll.
Perhaps he did mean like a thumbs poll

here is a funny one

I once had a glider which I promptly destroyed in a potato field and am now trying to build a very simple plane out of some corrugated plastic (the stuff that they use for the FOR SALE signs on houses). It's a little heavy but I've got a whopper of a brushless motor and the materials are cheap so its a fun challenge :)

I know my bro got me a wicked little heli that I can fly around our apartment for Xmas.

It's not one of those pro things with the 8 channels, but it sure as hell looks fun!

I now have a new toy with which to round up the cockateil back into his cage at bedtime!

ZAGI delta wing slope glider...they are a one piece wing made from the same foam they make body boards from...allmost bullet proof and so much fun!!

Sorry to high Jack the thread but where in Perth can you get the zagi wings and how much does a full setup cost?

evlPanda said...

Do you need a big slope for the slope gliders?

I've got one sitting in its box (Zigi) since... a long time anyway.

Not really. Once you get the hang of it you can slope soar on a 20 to 30 foot sand dune along the beach. But,.. there is a bit of an art to doing this and when you first start you wont have it so you might find it a bit difficult on a small slope.
If you are first starting out, start with something big and slow because if you start with something small and fast it will just end up a wreck in your first session.
Also, it helps to have someone there who is half decent at it so they can give you a few pointers along the way.
You can get a good computer program and control box for about $300 so you can practice on the computer first. (Realflight G3 or later) It saves a lot of rebuilds.
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Regards the original post,. I know it's got nothing to do with windsurfing/kiting etc, but it does have a lot to do with wind speed and direction.
If it's just one more heading on the top tabs I don't see why we shouldn't have it.
Most of the tabs I never look at but it's no problem that they are there.
If others are not interested in it, and I accept that many will not be, then they can just ignore them in the same way that I ignore 90% of the other tabs, like RSS feeds. What's that by the way? Is that some sort of cow fodder? I better have a look. It might be of some use.
Well that's my 2 bobs worth.

{edit} Hmmm, just had a look at RSS feeds. It said Server is too busy. I guess they are putting out more cow fodder.