<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yeah, depron planes are great to learn RC or when you want to have cheap fun with air combat :)<div>few years ago we were building Pibros model like a crazy testing different types of power plants.</div><div><a href="http://www.rc-soar.com/pibros/">http://www.rc-soar.com/pibros/</a></div><div>It can be fast and deadly for the opponent ;)</div><div><br></div><div>We've found out, that double fin version (like F22 or F117) flies more stable.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the Hobbyking - yeah, it's my primary source for batteries and motors for RC :)</div><div>The only thing I'll not buy there are models. I've read too many bad reviews and complaints about the quality.</div><div>I'll keep building my models myself :)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/bristol/16.08.04/4.jpg">http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/bristol/16.08.04/4.jpg</a></div><div><a href="http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/spacewalker/24.07.07/3.jpg">http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/spacewalker/24.07.07/3.jpg</a></div><div><a href="http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/dyna-dec/10.07.05/1.jpg">http://rc-kwidzyn.za.pl/images/dyna-dec/10.07.05/1.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Marek</div><div><br><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br>.. is building nutballs and crashing them into the lake:<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://w1xer.at/nutball.jpg">http://w1xer.at/nutball.jpg</a><br><br>I know a few of you guys are into RC as well, so I figured I'd share .. We got the FliteTest 3-pack Swappable, as well as a 2-pack of FT Spitfires last week, and this is the first we've made of the set .. up next, the FT Flyer and FT Delta .. which will give Flynn what he needs to be prepared for the Spitfire .. we shall see how long it takes before we're up there, dog-fighting .. ;)<br><br>If any of you are interested in this hobby, but nervous at the investment it requires, I can't recommend the FliteTest swappable series enough .. you build a power pod once, pack it with the electronics, then switch the pod around on any airframe you like. For about US$100, we got 5 different planes with all kinds of skill-level gradients (from easy to hard) to fly/crash/rebuild/dry-out! :) And since the plans are free, we'll be laser-cutting our own versions as soon as we destroy the current air frames. Anyway, I highly recommend this route for you budding Dads and Kids who wanna be Pilots - these kits are really easy to build and very, very fun to fly!<br><br>http://flitetest.com/<br><br><br>For the electronics, HobbyKing: http://hobbyking.com/<br><br>The Turnigy 9X is a great transmitter, its the one we're using (see picture) and costs about US$50, comes with a receiver (which you'll need) and you can get servos and motor and speed-controller (ESC, regulator) for about another $50. So, roughly US$200 for five different planes and full electronics.<br><br>Another thing you can do is get a ParkZone model of your choosing, (lots of lower-budget planes, my favourite is the Ember2 right now..) and then when it inevitably crashes and busts up into a bunch of little pieces, you can re-use the electronics .. the DSM2 transmitters that come with the "Ready To Fly" kits can be re-used easily enough, although not for huge distances, but certainly they're enough to keep the Nutball, Flyer and Delta in order (not sure yet about the Spitfire, which loves the sky)..<br><br>Anyway .. thought you guys might like to know these details .. :)<br><br><br><br><br>;<br>--<br>Jay Vaughan<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br>music-bar@lists.music-bar.org<br>http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>