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F3A GWS Formosa maiden! - 10/24/2007 11:31:54 PM   
amdhotprocessor



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Joined: 12/25/2004
From: hendersonville, NC, USA
Status: offline 		Hi all, I'll give you a little history on me and flying.

When I was young(14-15) I bought a Firebird. THE ORRIGINAL BIG YELLOW TURD.
I couldn't fly it and the owner of the HobbyTown was a jerk, so that was it for a while, I never wanted to deal with it again.
Well a few years later I had a very good friend of mine get into HobbyTown as a manager. Well he got me hooked in nitro RC trucks. After a while he said he wants a plane. So he ended up buying a GWS Slow Stick. He crashed it a thousand times, then I started on it, A few crashes but I got the hang of it. I went and got a PZ J3 cub and WOW that supprised me how fast it was compared to the SS. I crased that plane about 100 times but it still flew, and good too! After a while we moved up. I bought a Gypsy from Eflite and a GWS radio setup. I was very happy and was flying very well and doing things that truly pushed that poor little plane to a max. THEN we discovered 3cell lipos since he bought a A10 warthog.. The warthog didnt last too long and he bought a aleiron cessna, and let me use the LiPo. I used it on a 370 for about 2 minutes before we upped the little gypsy to a 480. I flew that for about 3 weeks untill I finnaly collavsed the wing in my 70MPH + dives from about 300 feet. LOL
I got the hankering for a warbird. So I bought a GWS Me109. I loved that plane, I had it painted so real looking and with a 3 cell it flew Very well. After a while though I wanted somthing more responsive so I bought a Mini Funtana. I realized soon that it didnt fly well without a brushless motor. So I traded it for some $$ and a GWS Formosa. I crashed it the first flight by accident while flying too close to a steet light and was focusing on the plane and not where it was going.
I then decided to go to a gas plane. I bought a radiao and angine, and a CUB afr from hobby lobby. I took it to the local field for some first flight help from the club there. The instructor tried to show off by doing a low level loop and burrying it.

A few years went by and Now that Im 23 I decided to get back into it. After not have flown in 2 years I decided to buy another J3 from PZ.
I wanted another tough rtf that would get me back in the saddle so to speak.
I loved it, all my knowladge came right back. I flew it for less than a week and went out and got a Formosa. I am using the PZ electronics and everything works perfect.


So I built my Formosa just last night. I maidened this morning at 8:00
It was,
Cold, windy, rainy,foggy and dark. So after about 10 minutes my heart was racing and I was loving that plane soo much. The wind has dies down and I went outside to my car about every hour and flew as soon as my batt had peaked. I have about 8 flights on it today and soo to be a ninth as soon as I finish this post....

So far I LOVE this plane, it flys soooo sharp and resonsive, has very nice slow flight characteristics, and since I didnt hook up my rudder, Im not sure what ALL it can do but with ail and elev, It does very well. I had about 5-6 people watching and they were amazed at how precice, and agile it is. I will post pix soon of it

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fly it like its free..heheheh
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