RC Aircraft

[MrLinderman]

Hi all,

 

Wondering if anyone else here has an interest or actively in the RC Aircraft / Heli hobby?

 

This is one of my mainstay hobbies (radio control aircraft), started back when I was 6 with my old man and been on and off with the hobby ever since.

 

Been active so long now that I started up and operate a small online hobby store dedicated to radio control transmitters, rx's and servos for the hobby (Not sure if linking sites for personal stores is permitted so just shout if you'd like a link)

 

My most recent projects and aircraft

104" (2.6m) Extreme Flight NG, this plane won me the Nationals in Australia for IMAC Basic division in 2023 (International Model Aerobatics Club), this was fitted with a 120cc DA Engine and Savox servos, at the time I was flying with Jeti but the plane has since moved on to someone else to make the most of it.

 

Currently building a few models, one from scratch which is a 44% scale Pitts Challenger 2, nice thing about bi-planes is the wing span wont be too big, this one will be approx. 2.4m but the height and girth of the model will be huge, sitting probably twice the height of my old NG above. The other is a nice small DLG (discus launch glider) which will be something fun for those hot days.

 

The other is an ARF (pre-built structure) AJ Raven 106", this will be my next competition model and will be using a GP engine 123cc and flying on FrSky, not many pics yet as its in the works.

 

Keen to see any other planes or projects if there are folks here into this hobby as well.

[Martijn Meerts]

I have an interest in almost all model building, but RC aircraft isn't something I've ever gotten into. Partially because I can't transport them, but mostly because I'm way to scared to fly them, because I'll likely just crash them 🙂

 

Would certainly be interested in seeing more pictures of the progress of the scratch built one.

 

[Kingmeow]

Associate VP District 2 (NY and NJ), Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA).  😎