What did you fly today?

[Mad Baron]

Going back to my balsa roots. Flew my BUSA Eindecker today along with the Pandora and finally got my Dusty C188 airborn.

[Twowingtj]

Going back to my balsa roots. Flew my BUSA Eindecker today along with the Pandora and finally got my Dusty C188 airborn.

Nice! Is that the 90 or 40 size?

My wife is currently building the 40 size Eindecker and I'm getting ready to start the 90 size Taube.

[RCjetdude]

Getting much more comfortable with the Apache...

[OV10]

Steve............Yes it was awesome. I'm guessing though that you've got considerable heli experience that we/me were never aware of.
I gave up years ago and sold a 300 and 500 size cause I could never get past the nose in phase without it quickly becoming an expensive O.... event.

[RCjetdude]

Steve............Yes it was awesome. I'm guessing though that you've got considerable heli experience that we/me were never aware of.
I gave up years ago and sold a 300 and 500 size cause I could never get past the nose in phase without it quickly becoming an expensive O.... event.

Yes Charlie, I flew nothing but helis back in the 80's and early 90's. Started out with an American RC Helicopters fixed pitch Mantis, then a GMP Competitor (neither of which had gyros on the tails, talk about a handful) and then Miniature Aircraft Excell 60's. Even competed at the NATS in '90 and '91. Back then I forced myself to learn nose in hovering and Pilots Promenades but it did not come without a cost. Back then everything was flybar and there were no such things as FBL controllers or electric heli's to speak of so while the flying part is like getting back on a bike, now the learning curve is on the controllers but thankfully there are many good resources I can turn to for help with that. When I get to the point where I can comfortably set one up myself I will feel like I have arrived.

[Turbinefancy]

Flew FPV close formation at left wing position in a PC-21 with head-tracking following a friend’s T-28 - love the navy trainer scheme for great visibility. Turned out surprisingly well for our first practice flight together.

I got on station at 2:00.

[DCORSAIR]

Steve............Yes it was awesome. I'm guessing though that you've got considerable heli experience that we/me were never aware of.
I gave up years ago and sold a 300 and 500 size cause I could never get past the nose in phase without it quickly becoming an expensive O.... event.

I have been flying for 36 yrs and helicopters at least 25yrs of that were helis, I still struggle with nose in, I try to always keep them to one side, its cheating and it looks like nose in but a true nose in hover is hard for me for some reason, I just can't get that nose pointed directly at me. It does feel great to set one up and fly it successfully, I'm going to stay with it until I can fully set one of the FBL controllers up and nose in comfortably.....

Awesome job Steve!!

[Turbinefancy]

Here’s a continuous shot at my PC-21 on station - sort of, front quarter view, from a camera attached to the belly of the lead T-28. Starting at 1:52.

[Mad Baron]

Nice! Is that the 90 or 40 size?

My wife is currently building the 40 size Eindecker and I'm getting ready to start the 90 size Taube.

It is the 90 size. I've had this plane for about 8 years now and it still flys great its like a trainer. I have a OS .65 powering it now.

[Hoomi]

Overslept this morning, so just called in and played hooky from work. Took the new Mavic 2 Zoom out for a couple of flights, getting more familiar with it before the Big Boy steam locomotive departs Tucson on Saturday.

[Lon]

Nice days to fly here in Iowa are becoming limited this time of the year. So taking advantage of the nice weather today.

[F22trainer]

Take a guess where I am today...
Recurrent flight training for one of my favorite clients. More pic’s later...

[F22trainer]

In January of 2016 after I first started with the company, I wind up in Harrisburg, PA...google winter storm Jonas.

Today definitely was the other end of the pendulum swing.

[Hoomi]

Three flights of the Mavic 2 Zoom, two of them tracking the Union Pacific Big Boy.

[Woodcock]

Hey Hoom's very nice vid. I watched the whole thing, LOL!

Woody

[Hardway]

Love the Big Boy!!! I have seen it live and up close and it is so impressive and really kind of scary!!! LOL

[Hugh Wiedman]

It's always great to go flying in the middle of the week, but this week, I got out there twice, guess this is close to heaven. No rain and the winds were good at 5-8mph. Ended up getting 12 flights in on the Avanti, 6 on the Stinger, 4 each on the Corsair and Spitfire and 4 each on 2 different 60" Extreme Flight planes. What a wonderful week, now I have to try to get 3 times in a week. Still having some issues with the flap servo on the Avanti, but the last 6 flights with 0 delay seemed to work great, but who knows.

[AkumaZeto]

Getting much more comfortable with the Apache...

Helis terrify me. You could cut someone's head off with one. If I see a rc heli I leave and go inside.

[RCjetdude]

Scale ones are much less intimidating than the crazy 3D ones. I cringe at those.

[Woodcock]

Scale ones are much less intimidating than the crazy 3D ones. I cringe at those.

I tell ya something mate, that fella has a point, very dangerous models indeed. If any of these throw a blade at the precise moment it has the potential to kill someone. Being a real wirly bird pilot I can say the safest place to be is in it. I can only imagine how much green you have invested in that, lol. I bought a Preditor Jet earlier this year, I think once I get it completed I'l probably sell it.

With that said, I watched the whole vid. Very impressive flight Steve! I thoroughly enjoyed the vid man. W