flyachopper1
New Member
Hello all,
Just signed up and have been reading the posts. I hope to be able to contribute to the wealth of knowledge here. I am a veteran RCer of nearly 30 years. I run cars, trucks, planes and helis. I'm a retired professional helicopter pilot (full scale). Owned a flying service for a long time and about a year ago decided to sell out and become a professional loafer. I have a large collection of Align helis and fly them often. I still buy and build the cars, trucks and helis. Not so much the planes anymore. My ground vehicles include a Losi Nascar pavement nitro car, Traxxas Slasher, T-Maxx, Bandit and a Rustler. All nitro. And, two Traxxas Stampedes. One nitro and one electric. My planes are a bunch of "mutants" I have put together over the years. My helis are one nitro Align 700, one 700 electric, one 600 nitro and one electric, two 500 electrics, two 450 electrics and a 250 electric. I still have the first heli I bought back in the 70s. It's a GMP Cricket nitro. I just finished rebuilding that one back to new condition. It now graces the shelf over my workbench on display. I learned to fly the helis by the seat of my pants as there were no other flyers in my area back in the 70s. After a lot of crashing and rebuilding I got to where I could keep one in the air. I fly 3D, but prefer sport flying. I hope to get to know the members here and trade some good info.
Just signed up and have been reading the posts. I hope to be able to contribute to the wealth of knowledge here. I am a veteran RCer of nearly 30 years. I run cars, trucks, planes and helis. I'm a retired professional helicopter pilot (full scale). Owned a flying service for a long time and about a year ago decided to sell out and become a professional loafer. I have a large collection of Align helis and fly them often. I still buy and build the cars, trucks and helis. Not so much the planes anymore. My ground vehicles include a Losi Nascar pavement nitro car, Traxxas Slasher, T-Maxx, Bandit and a Rustler. All nitro. And, two Traxxas Stampedes. One nitro and one electric. My planes are a bunch of "mutants" I have put together over the years. My helis are one nitro Align 700, one 700 electric, one 600 nitro and one electric, two 500 electrics, two 450 electrics and a 250 electric. I still have the first heli I bought back in the 70s. It's a GMP Cricket nitro. I just finished rebuilding that one back to new condition. It now graces the shelf over my workbench on display. I learned to fly the helis by the seat of my pants as there were no other flyers in my area back in the 70s. After a lot of crashing and rebuilding I got to where I could keep one in the air. I fly 3D, but prefer sport flying. I hope to get to know the members here and trade some good info.
Pics and videos. I would love a 700, but it would take up half my appartment LOL
