heath
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I didn't see an "Introduction" section, so I guess I'll use this one. I'm Heath and I'm new to quadcopters. Actually, I'm pretty new to the whole RC scene (except for a few cheap RC cars I had as a kid).
I've always been interested in aviation. When I was a kid, I wanted an RC airplane so bad. I would study the pages of the Sears Wish Book that had the RC planes and dream about having one. But they were too expensive. Somehow I got one of those old planes that would fly at the end of a string and you spun around in a circle. My dad worked and worked on the motor, but we never could get it to run right. And when I did try to fly, the thing just tumbled at the end of the string. That was the closest I ever came.
In high school, my ambition was to join the Marine Corps and become a pilot. Then, at a county fair, the darned ferris wheel kicked my butt. I got so nauseated on that thing. I figured that if my susceptibility to motion sickness was that bad, there was no way I would ever become a pilot. So with those dreams dashed, I went to college and spent way too many years trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.
About a month ago, a friend at work showed me his Blade Nano QX and those old passions were re-ignited as a whole new world was introduced to me. Another guy at worked had a Hubsan X4 (he also has a Phantom DJI). I ended up ordering a couple of those Hubsans - one for me and one for my son. (My son's most recent cheapo AirHogs helicopter had broken and we were trying to find a better replacement and this was perfect.) We've been having a tremendous amount of fun with them. Me and my son flying them at home, and me and the guys at work flying them on our lunch break.
My friend that introduced me to to the micro-quads is building a tri-copter. He started showing me the Flite Test videos and products. I've always loved building things. Woodworking is one of my main hobbies (I built a custom carrying case for my Hubsan) and I still enjoy building scale models. My son and I have built a couple model rockets. And those are cool, but they get boring after a while. They go up. They come down. And that's about it.
So now I'm itching to build a bigger quadcopter. Initial goal is to get it flying. Then I want to add a camera for aerial video/photography. And I'd love to move up to FPV, although I worry my motion sickness affliction will prevent that. My tri-copter buddy is going to add FPV so I'll be able to try it out before I invest in the equipment.
Well, that's my life story. Sorry for boring you. I'm very quiet and don't say much in person, but when my fingers are on a keyboard they just don't know when to stop. Thanks for reading!
I've always been interested in aviation. When I was a kid, I wanted an RC airplane so bad. I would study the pages of the Sears Wish Book that had the RC planes and dream about having one. But they were too expensive. Somehow I got one of those old planes that would fly at the end of a string and you spun around in a circle. My dad worked and worked on the motor, but we never could get it to run right. And when I did try to fly, the thing just tumbled at the end of the string. That was the closest I ever came.
In high school, my ambition was to join the Marine Corps and become a pilot. Then, at a county fair, the darned ferris wheel kicked my butt. I got so nauseated on that thing. I figured that if my susceptibility to motion sickness was that bad, there was no way I would ever become a pilot. So with those dreams dashed, I went to college and spent way too many years trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.
About a month ago, a friend at work showed me his Blade Nano QX and those old passions were re-ignited as a whole new world was introduced to me. Another guy at worked had a Hubsan X4 (he also has a Phantom DJI). I ended up ordering a couple of those Hubsans - one for me and one for my son. (My son's most recent cheapo AirHogs helicopter had broken and we were trying to find a better replacement and this was perfect.) We've been having a tremendous amount of fun with them. Me and my son flying them at home, and me and the guys at work flying them on our lunch break.
My friend that introduced me to to the micro-quads is building a tri-copter. He started showing me the Flite Test videos and products. I've always loved building things. Woodworking is one of my main hobbies (I built a custom carrying case for my Hubsan) and I still enjoy building scale models. My son and I have built a couple model rockets. And those are cool, but they get boring after a while. They go up. They come down. And that's about it.
So now I'm itching to build a bigger quadcopter. Initial goal is to get it flying. Then I want to add a camera for aerial video/photography. And I'd love to move up to FPV, although I worry my motion sickness affliction will prevent that. My tri-copter buddy is going to add FPV so I'll be able to try it out before I invest in the equipment.
Well, that's my life story. Sorry for boring you. I'm very quiet and don't say much in person, but when my fingers are on a keyboard they just don't know when to stop. Thanks for reading!
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