General Forum > Open Chat

R/C Model Airplanes

(1/2) > >>

MAC40:
Model airplanes have a rich history in ham radio according to this article:

http://www.eham.net/articles/18218

KC4UMO:
I can verify that :D
I own 13 myself
Biggest one is 11 foot wing span. Piper J3 Cub.

WV6Z:
My former next door neighbor was a General Class ham and the only transmitters, receivers and transceivers he owned were all for RC aircraft and boats. He had some AWESOME toys. I asked Mike why in the world he didn\'t at least get an HF rig and work a little DX....... he asked me what I got out of talking to people I didn\'t know and wondered why I didn\'t get into RC modeling. :)  Well, that wasn\'t exactly what he said, what he said was, "Why would I want to sit around talking to a bunch of old fat white dudes like you?" :4:

He was as smart as they come........ he drowned in Lake Hartwell while retrieving a boat that had failed. I miss Mike, he was a great neighbor and as far as hams go, the most different of us I have ever met.

crazy:
A neighbor of mine and his son are into planes pretty big.  I know nada about them, but he claims that the one his son has cost over 5 grand.  All I know is that they are really fast, and he is good with the controller.  Give that baby to me and I promise you some quick kindling.  :)

KI4RVH:
My nephew is into model planes big time.  He has scratch built a few.  His biggest one is a DeHavalin (sure I butchered the spelling) Beaver.  Its got a 6 foot wing span.  It is awesome to see it fly.  I used to have a little glider that I flew.  I wasn\'t a great pilot.  It died when I hit the barn with it wide open.  :jammin: I leave the flyin to my nephew now. I just found a smiley on here making an obscene gesture! Did you guys see that?  Good thing they don\'t have that on QRZ.  It would get used daily.

73,

Chris

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page