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Old 05-17-2009 | 11:15 AM
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Default Remember gas planes w/ lines attached to wrist cntrl'r?

Hi...
Little bit of nostalgia here with my first dabble into model plane flying lol.
My first one was a P40 gas power plane about 1 foot long It had a controller that looked like brass knuckles that had 2 lines that attached to the wing and on to the elevators...the definition of simplicity Tilt the top of the "brass knuckler" towards you, and the plane zoomed up.....away from you and it went down. Of course for 5-10 minutes, you had to stand there and spin in circles. Anyone remember those days?

I've also come to the conclusion that i'm a hobbiholic...as in Astronomy, I where i planned on spending $500 USD on equipment and ending up with over $3000 worth I am following the same trail in RC lol....originally spent $200 two weeks ago on an EDF jet, withing 10 days I got a heli and a prop soarer plane on top of that lol...