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Here are the RC models/drones I've bought (and some even flown) since... in reverse chronological order...<br/> | Here are the RC models/drones I've bought (and some even flown) since... in reverse chronological order...<br/> | ||
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=== Blade 350 QX === | === Blade 350 QX === | ||
My first quad copter.<br/> | My first quad copter.<br/> | ||
=== 80" Predator Drone === | |||
I've always liked these, so I picked up a kit but I haven't assembled it yet. Purchased somewhere in the mid-2000's probably.<br/> | |||
=== EAM Velocity XL/FG === | === EAM Velocity XL/FG === | ||
[[File:EAM Couch.jpg|left|thumb]]We got this one really just because we had the full-scale kit airplane [[N44VF|N44VF]]. I wanted to get one for static display and one to fly ([https://velocityxl.bdfserver.com/eam-radio-controlled-velocity which I bought]), but they were too expensive. By the time I could afford a second one, EAM (the Experimental Aircraft Model Company) was out of business. Fortunately, my friends [http://brainard.kal-soft.com/ Jerry and Linda Brainard] had also bought a kit, and by mid 2020 had decided that they were not going to complete it and let me have it!<br/> | [[File:EAM Couch.jpg|left|thumb]]We got this one really just because we had the full-scale kit airplane [[N44VF|N44VF]]. I wanted to get one for static display and one to fly ([https://velocityxl.bdfserver.com/eam-radio-controlled-velocity which I bought]), but they were too expensive. By the time I could afford a second one, EAM (the Experimental Aircraft Model Company) was out of business. Fortunately, my friends [http://brainard.kal-soft.com/ Jerry and Linda Brainard] had also bought a kit, and by mid 2020 had decided that they were not going to complete it and let me have it!<br/> | ||
Revision as of 22:24, 1 September 2020
I've been interested in RC airplanes (and real, or rather, 1:1 scale airplanes) since I was a kid. When I was young a neighbor buddy of mine (I think it was Scott Burnside) got a cheap RC that we immediately crashed in a field, utterly destroying it - it was hard to fly and underpowered. Anyway, as quads got cheaper and more advanced, a good friend of mine (Kent Forsythe) was big into RC and kind of encouragedme to take the leap. So, I think it was for my birthday in 2014 I got the Blade 350 QX below and I've been flying some off-and-on ever since.
Here are the RC models/drones I've bought (and some even flown) since... in reverse chronological order...
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Blade 350 QX
My first quad copter.
80" Predator Drone
I've always liked these, so I picked up a kit but I haven't assembled it yet. Purchased somewhere in the mid-2000's probably.
EAM Velocity XL/FG
We got this one really just because we had the full-scale kit airplane N44VF. I wanted to get one for static display and one to fly (which I bought), but they were too expensive. By the time I could afford a second one, EAM (the Experimental Aircraft Model Company) was out of business. Fortunately, my friends Jerry and Linda Brainard had also bought a kit, and by mid 2020 had decided that they were not going to complete it and let me have it!