Just wondering if there's any RC pilots here.
My current setup is a Hobbico Nexstar, using the Futaba 4 channel radio that it came with. I did my first solo flight with it yesterday, first time I flew it was on Friday with my boss, he took off and landed for me, and got it all trimmed out.
My dad has a Hangar 9 P51 PTS, it seems like a pretty nice plane. He's only flown it 3 times so far (just got it 3 weeks ago, got it all balanced and stuff last week with the help of my boss). He had my Nexstar before that (made 3 or 4 flights with it), and I had a 3 channel foamie, then he gave me the Nexstar and got the P51. It's like a trainer, it has wing extensions that help keep it from stalling at slow speeds, it looks really nice in the air. It pulls hard to the left when he takes off though (like almost a 90 degree turn), we're trying to figure that out, he's thinking misaligned landing gear but I'm not sure. Gonna have to take some measurements.
Saturday we went to an RC fly-in and they had a raffle. My dad's number was the first one picked, so he got pick of the table. He grabbed a Seagull Harmon Rocket III, looks like it's gonna be a fun plane, once we get an engine and radio equipment for it and build it, and he's good enough to fly it (will probably build it this winter). I also won a gallon of fuel (not bad, we won 2 of the 12 prizes on the table, the fuel damn near paid for the $20 in raffle tickets we bought).
Anyone else fly?
Here's what the planes look like.
Nexstar
P51
Harmon Rocket III