Very cool!
Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 5th, 2025
walden@wetshav.ing 1 week agoOh, and for airplanes right now I have an E-flite Ultimate 3D and a Sig Kadet LT-40 to teach people with (plus it’s fun to fly).
Until recently I had a 74” Extreme Flight Laser EXP with a 35cc gas engine. It’s in multiple pieces now because I crashed it!
snooting@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 1 week ago
I thought I would go down the 3D route, but for excitement, I still prefer screaming FPV quadcopters. The only problem with these is that I live next door to the most restricted air space in the world, and none of the local AMA clubs like people to fly quads.
walden@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
I think we allow quads and helicopters, but I’ve only seen a quadcopter flown to record fixed wings :-)
A helicopter guy showed up one day when I was there and at first I thought “hey cool”, but then I realized when they’re flying you can’t take off or land… they block the whole runway!
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 1 week ago
What’s fun with FPV quads is doing acrobatics at high speed near things. I like that, and I really like flying FPV through close terrain. Flying at a field is just boring, therefore, most of us guerilla fly. Because of this, I haven’t done it in a couple of years.
The guys who are good with helicopters are just scary. They typically do crazy 3D acrobatics a few feet from where they are standing on the field.