Talladega RC Club

These are some pictures of the RC club that I want to join when I get good enough to fly a "real" RC plane. The guys here love what they do and are extremely nice... Check out some of their stuff!What a set up!
Check out that Tri plane! Awesome!This Edge 540 was equipped with smoke. It was cool to see it in action. Below is a shot of it on the ground next to the pilot to get an idea of the size of the plane.

More pictures from Charles

Here are a few more pictures of the same day flying with Charles...Here's a good shot of the low flying Blade CX. Note that the horses really dig RC too.Here's "The Thing" going up to drop some streamer bombs. Huzzah!
There was a real Cessna (or somesuch) plane way up in the sky and we took a series of "Close Encounter" Pics. Heh.

My Aerobird and My Blade CX

My buddy Charles took some pics of me with my Challenger and my blade last week and he e-mailed them to me today. Here are the ones with my ugly mug in them.









































































Of course, you'll notice that My Aerobird Challenger has no decals on it. That's because I've replaced every part on the thing so far, and I'm not so crazy about the design anyway. I've named it "The Thing" in honor the thing from the Fantastic Four. Hopefully I'll be able to make my own designs for this beaut (lol) soon which will mirror it's namesake. I was flying my CX with the training gear on in these pics (the little ping pong ball things), but I have since removed them. I'm getting better! My little heli also now looks more like the blue chopper in my previous post, but this is the original design. Hopefully there will be more to come!

BTW, yes, I look like a goofy idiot in the third picture, but if you know me, then you know that all too well...

Whilst I was away...

While I was away from my Blog for a bit, I became re-obsessed with something that has intrigued me since childhood - Flight. I meandered into a hobby shop in Birmingham and remembered just how badly I wanted an RC airplane when I was a kid. So, after a weekend of fighting myself over it, I purchased a beginner RC airplane from HobbyZone called the Aerobird Challenger. In the three (4?) weeks I've had it, I've crashed it multiple times (due to my insecurities) and I've basically had to replace the entire plane...BUT, this is probably the most exhilarating hobby I've had! I'm realizing a childhood dream by just going outside to fly this baby... AND on top of all that, I've got an E-Flite Blade CX RC Helicopter that I've customized a bit and it has been exicting as well. Hopefully I'll post some real pictures of me with my toys soon. Here're some to chew on until then!

OK, so who DIDN'T already know I'm a liar?

So... This is awkward... I know it's been a month since I wrote or even contacted you... its just... I've been busy. But I think of you all the time. I think of the way we used to frolic in the springtime flowers together and picnic by the stream, and the way your nose wrinkles up when you laugh. I know I said that it wouldn't get... weird between us, but i also know that I needed some space to do some things for me. Maybe we can get together soon, and catch up on old times... I really would like that. Just remember... I stll love you, Blog.