Bucky
New Heliman
Location: England
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I first got interested in heli's way back when i was about 13, and im 27 now. The thing was our "local" club was over 45 mins drive away and i could not get up there without my dad. Unfortunatly my dad also convinced me that fixed wing was the way to go..... so.. we ended up building planes together, starting of with a big 72 inch span box trainer, and i must admit, it wasnt the prettiest thing in the sky but boy was it tough!! i must have flown that thing into the ground, trees, walls, alsorts!! and usually at full throttle!! ( i had an MDS 61 BlackHead in it  ) and it only ever took about 4 to 5 hours to repair!!
After that, i went to a 62 inch span F4 prop with a 40cu up front. It didnt live long. First flight during trimming, some bugs in the radio made it dive full throttle into a tree on the adjacent golf course. Needless to say, my old instructor ( the guy doing the trimming ) was a bit embarresed, and offered to give me his WOT4 minus engine and radio. I declined the offer.
Then i got myself a Precident FunFly, which i covered in luminous yellow and Chrome solarfilm, that was a wicked plane!! awesome to throw around, yet docile when you just want to plod around.
During all this, me and my dad had been building other planes. My dad got the plans for a 92 inch span scale Piper Cub of David Boddington design, after which we got the plans and started on a 52 inch span fun fly bi-plane for me ( the former was sold, unlflown, with a OS91FS!! ) The latter is still hung in the garage, all built up, just needs covering and engine/radio, and its been there since 1997!!
After leaving school (age 16 in the UK), not being able to get to the field, the ever tempremental weather in the north east, I decided to shelve the whole hobby, but i kept the bi-plane as i always knew i would return to RC someday.
It was only recently ive been talking to a buddy of mine from an old job, he fly's about 5 mins away on an old Mining site. I decided to dive in again, but this time into the area ive wanted to get into from the beginning!!!
After about 2 week hunting on ebay, i found an old Concept 30, with radio, engine, starter, glow wand and even a gallon of fuel, for next to nothing. I bought It. 
Havent flown yet, still busy adjusting/preparing it back to stock and setting it up, which unfortunatly requires buying more parts from the net as my LHS isnt all that well stocked.
Hopefully in the next week or two, weather permitting, she will get off the ground!!
I'll keep you all posted on progress, in my other thread  |
