ORIGINAL: ThumbSkull
Barb sold her shop and is easing into retirement and is actually learning to fly. I learned at RC South back in '81-'82 and built 4 planes then life happened and I got out for a few years.
The club just renewed the lease on the land and looks like it will be there for a while.
I got back in the hobby with the release of the DX7 and have really enjoyed 3D since. Seems like there are more 'grumpy old men' at RC South now than Atterbury these days.
Yeah I know all about the shop being sold. I was out this summer & bought some stuff there.
I saw Barb there on 1 occasion.
I moved to the North country in '98, crashed my PT-19 sortly thereafter & let things set for 14 years as I raised 2 kids.
I'm into (not too detailed) scale, but I like to have lots of power on tap when I want to play.
My 1st Sr Telemaster ended up W/CDI on the FA150 back in '96 & after several bumps & bruises W/the repairs that ensued, It bacame a big high wing sport plane. After converting to bolt down wings W/minimal dihedrel, 0° incidence & wing struts, it would knife edge & go 300' or so vertical from a shallow dive pulled up from 20-30' altitude.
In the spring of '97 I put it straight in @ WOT @ Atterbury when I mis-judged altitude when I entered a slit "S". Most spectacular crash I ever saw bar none! No witnesses or video though. [&o]
I flew @ the Indy South club on a trainer cord in August. I'm still rusty from the14 year hiatis.