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Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: MAC40 on February 21, 2008, 08:54:07 PM

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

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

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: KC4UMO on February 21, 2008, 08:57:52 PM

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

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: WV6Z on February 21, 2008, 09:19:33 PM

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.

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: crazy on February 21, 2008, 09:37:58 PM

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.  :)

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: KI4RVH on February 22, 2008, 12:05:19 AM

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

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: K0DXC on February 22, 2008, 04:22:28 PM

I\'ve always wanted to try out model airplanes, I\'ve just never had the money :(

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: KI4RVH on February 22, 2008, 10:51:35 PM

Quote from: K0DXC;15295

I\'ve always wanted to try out model airplanes, I\'ve just never had the money :(

The little glider I had was about 80 bucks.  It was made out of foam and plastic.  It came with the controller and batteries.  I crashed it 100 times at least before I killed it.  I know $80 isn\'t chump change but compared to expensive ham equipment it isn\'t too bad.  If you ever get one I highly recommend one of these because they can be crashed a lot while you\'re learning to fly.  Just don\'t hit the side of a barn at full speed or it will look like this:blowup:  

73,

Chris:whoopie:

:band: :band40:

Title: R/C Model Airplanes
Post by: K0DXC on February 23, 2008, 10:55:11 AM

Thanks Chris,

I\'ll seriously look into it.