Are you looking for another hobby?

[GetAboutRL]

Well folks, here is a hobby that makes golf look easy.
Like golf, it is not cheap and takes many hours of practice.

YouTube - Amazing R/C airplane demo

YouTube - Flying under Stockholm

Old secrets:

YouTube - Ekranoplane

Ok, spend sometime watching RC competition: YouTube - ETOC 2009 RCU event

[Labhrain]

My husband has been piloting R/C airplanes for about 20 years. I've flown a few times myself, and you are right. It's not easy. It takes a lot of practice. It's also pretty tough watching lots of money smash into the ground when you're learning. He loves it, though. There are a couple of fields here in town, although flying fields are becoming fewer and farther between in California.

[LeloSKYLANM]

Great links.
Thanks!
Is the RC hilo sideways and upside down near the beach in that last link? (so cool) I will keep looking , if I find it I will show case it!
LSL

[bobarry]

Originally Posted by GetAboutRL

Well folks, here is a hobby that makes golf look easy.
Like golf, it is not cheap and takes many hours of practice.

Ditto for GEOCACHING except its FREE. Take your GPS and go find hidden treasures. Go to their website to learn more.
Bo

[JeffInDFW]

I fly RC Airplanes and Helicopters. I've got some big nitro planes, but the ones I have the most fun with are the small, electric "park flyers". I can fly them in the park close to my house (or open fields), they are cheap to buy, etc. The Horizon Hobby SuperCub is the best plane to buy to learn on. Around $170 gets you EVERYTHING you need to be flying, all in one big box. It takes 10 minutes to put the plane together. Very very forgiving when you crash, and replacement parts are dirt cheap.

After that, the Parkzone T28 is the best flying plane to step up to. Slows down incredibly well to land. My favorite plane to go out and relax. I've also got Parkzones Corsair and their new Gunfighter P51 Mustang.

[Rob the Elder]

I have been flying since the 70s and really enjoy the hobby. I like building as much as flying. And while crashing can be painful, if you build properly generally its not expensive and is a necessary part of the lifecycle! How can you justify yet another new plane if you have a garage full of them already!

I have built and flown everything from park fliers to ducted fans. I even put a .46 sized DF motor on a trainer. It too did vertical take off! Now that was fun. 22,000 RPM screaming in a high wing trainer.

Built a .60 sized Bearcat and put a 2.5 CI Tiger in it. Had to lengthen the main gear to clear the prop. It drove like a nitro dragster. But it was a ton of fun.

My favorite is the Dave Platt FW-190 D model. I have my third one on the bench. I flew the first one with a .60 but at 6500 feet it would barely drag itself into the air. I put in a 1.08 and it screams! Loads of fun. Knife edge at 120 mph right off the road is very relaxing.

I taught a friend to fly and he was so proud when he finally progressed to flying inverted. One day he was doing a low pass down the field inverted and I leaned over to him and said "Remember, you are inverted." "I know" he said, and promptly pulled up elevator. At which point, the plane went "up" which was now down, into a culvert. We still laugh about it all the time 15 years later.

I was practicing 3 point landings in my Ultimate Bipe (heavy and overpowered of course) and had them down to perfection. Then I decided on "one more pass". Never decide on one more pass . . . Made a perfect approach, off the throttle, down into ground effect and . . WHAM! I was about 2 feed off the road and put the wing and left side of the fuse into a speed limit sign. Purple bits and pieces flew everywhere. So I buit a new one.

and still enjoy it.