My parents got me a remote control plane for Xmas. Nothing too extravegant; styrofoam, small 7V rechargable battery and such with a shape like a Cessna 172.
I finally got to put it together and try it out with my brother at a baseball field yesterday. Wow. I couldn't believe how much fun that thing was. Little thing got up to at least 150 feet. I kept flying it around, fighting the wind, and avoiding some of the few obstructions that were around.
It came with several extra propellers, and I knew that meant that they'd break easily, and I destroyed two of them.
Landing was difficult, mainly because the grass was hard and bumpy. I knew that had it been pavement, I'd have landed it well.
The battery lasted about 4 minutes or so, and took about 8 minutes to charge up. Charging jsut requires you take the battery out from the plane and hook it up to a wire through the controls, so no outlets are necessary.
I was surprised how this styrofoam and wire plane held up against so many rough landings.
I'm so very addicted, and I can see myself getting more in the future and getting very into this.
Anyone else do the rc plane thing? I'm looking to learn more about it.
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