Houston, Texas

ICU RN

Electric/Thermal soaring Fixed wing FPV and Autopilot Following Christ Jesus in every part of my life Leading our family in Love Inspirational movies and Stories Photography Amateur Radio Outdoors

Dad flew RC from when I was a young child. His first RC experience was getting to fly a target drone on a beach in Japan when his Dad was stationed after the war. He started with pulse rudder School boys "Galloping ghost" actuators then 6 meters as an amateur radio operator. He and 3 good friends started the Red Baron RC club which is still going and we are honorary members because he is a founder. Dad is a great flying instructor and helps those "shaky" pilots be successful. He mostly flies an electric foam Radian 2m glider, and always with a friend. So many neat planes and great aerobatics and forever knife edges. Once a friend and me were pretend shooting his very fine P38 .40 size a favorite of his, when it went down and through a barbed wire fence. He was a little upset about the planes damage and not amused that we had been shooting at it at the time even if it was "pretend." My first RC was at about 5 yrs old using a Cox dune buggy that my dad converted to one channel control. I still remember running it into the street where it was crushed by a passing car. While I have flown gliders and easy trainers since a child, Dad is teaching me to fly sport planes now. Landings are still a weak point. In the Army I was a flight medic in Hueys and in Desert Storm drones would buzz our base and land at an airfield within site of our flight line. I have never piloted real aircraft except in MS Flight Simulator which I have enjoyed very much. A gentle lady was my longest lasting craft. Built it on a coffee table while at Fort Hood. Flew, rebuilt, and modified it with a flying T- tail. A great plane except for its wind penetration. Almost lost it as it was vacuumed up over a thousand feet by a building anvil cloud. It was only saved by very painfully slow descent even while diving straight down. A RCM Trainer 60 was the shortest lived plane. It was a beautiful Orange and black powered by an OSmax 61. My pre-flight was in error, I had never flown ailerons, and Dad wasn't there to guide my Flitetest. I test flew at my junior college as a campus security guard looked on, the ailerons were reversed so at the first turn at near full throttle the hundred hours or more of my efforts disintegrated spead over a concrete parking lot. Next week there was a new sign forbidding model aircraft flight at the school. I had had enough of building for a while. I love to build and fly, so does Dad...Mom likes that we have a nice hobby too. With your Simple Storch I hope to get my boys some near stress free stick time passing on great and productive moments Dad lost and then found that P38 hanging in a modelers garage nearly 20 years later and so he is converting it to electric for a upcoming reveal. My Gentle lady is hanging on his garage rack too. Maybe I'll, well we will see.