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[Jay Vaughan]

> Ahhh, fun! I recently tried some ultra-miniature helicopters at a
> friend's place (I think they were the Sky Challenger from the same
> manufacturer). They're horribly difficult to control properly (very
> nervous...),

yeah i've had a few rounds on these as well, they're terribly  
dissatisfying to every 12 year old i've seen try to fly them, and for  
me, way too twitchy.  just like a real helicopter!  but after an hour  
or so you can get the flow down pretty well .. the important thing is  
to calibrate before departure.

> but definitely a very cool toy. I've been toying with the
> idea of picking up RC planes again,

i've always had RC planes in the background of my activities-plan and  
now that they're so high tech and cheap, its a lot of fun.  i get as  
much pleasure out of my cheap little toy as i used to get out of the  
bigger kits that took way too long to build and were far more  
fragile.  the silverlit products are awesome for handling damaging  
crashes.  the worst that can happen is the wind picks it up and you've  
got some distance to find it again - happened to me a few times last  
week, but actually the wind is a big part of the joy.

> but decided to stay with boats in
> the meantime (I'm currently building that one:
> http://www.modelspot.com/cc/milford.htm)
>


awesome!  if i had a large body of water nearby i'd do the same ..

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Jay Vaughan