what do you fly in RL?

[DAVENRINO]

I went the Instructor/Charter/Helicopter/Corporate route.  I have been at a Major Airline for over 21 years now - 14 years DC10 and 7 years 737/800.  I work 8 days a month and live quite well in Hawaii the rest of the month.  No regrets!

[Curlew]

Like this huge?

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no, that is another one of those wanna be pirates that makes all tallship sailors look like idiots, neg, im a gunner thought, my most recent comand was of a 14inch signal command, my largest was a 6 pounder cannon 

[helbent]

although not too well

[CAP1]

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although not too well

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the one you show that crashed, i think although it is touted as a trainer, is somewhat difficult to fly. we had a few in our r/c club had them.....they didn't care for em. the tower hobbies trianer on the other hand......should be a nice flying plane. i think hobbico builds em for tower hobbies, although i'm not sure.

 have you gotten with a trainer in your club?

[helbent]

Yes, I fly quite well.  That is the durabat trainer pictured.  Yet, flying skill means very little when your battery comes unplugged from the reciever at full throttle and 300' up.  Was only my 3rd flight of that plane.

[CAP1]

Yes, I fly quite well.  That is the durabat trainer pictured.  Yet, flying skill means very little when your battery comes unplugged from the reciever at full throttle and 300' up.  Was only my 3rd flight of that plane.

DOH!!

i had that happen once.......i had bought a used stick from a guy there. put a 46fx on it, and test flew....was great.
 at about 200ft, i did a snaproll, and the wings folded. when they did, they yanked the reciever, pulling it out of the battery. she hit the ground nose down, at full throttle.
 i was laughing soooo frigign hard, i could barley stand up. WE WALKED OUT TO GET IT, AND THE NOSE WAS BURIED almost 6" in the dirt

[Enker]

I fly a pair of Converse All-Stars, though I have never been able to jump a fence like what they show in The Sandlot... Other wise I lfy a little remote helicopter, cuz my previous experiences with r/c planes were pretty costly...I flew a plane into a window and it ended up flying through and getting tangled up in my mom's houseplants... grounded for a month!

[AKHog]

Well all this talk about flying has got me re-thinking my decisions. I've tried for years to get a job flying with a commercial pilots license and only 250 hours of experience with no success. So I said screw that and today, just now, I contacted the local chief flight instructor and am signing up to get back into training and to get up to at least my CFI. Hopefully a job instructing is in my near future and I can say good bye to my boring job and hello to an exciting career in aviation. The scary part is after working my bellybutton off for years to pay off my student loans I'll be going right back into debt. 

I just think if by next spring I can actually be getting paid to fly it will all be worth it. 

[PFactorDave]

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That line of dura planes was (and is) an evil thing.  I was a club instructor during the late 80s and early 90s, about the time the duraplanes hit the market.  I absolutely hated seeing them show up at the field in the hands of some young student R/C pilot.

Those things were notorious for losing elevator authority due to the lack of a rear fuselage to keep the air flowing in a smooth laminar fashion.