I built an RC Fokker DR.1 and painted it yellow in honor of Erich Loewenhardt, but after about 30 times of flying it and never checking it, the entire upper wing and part of the middle left wing broke off, and it plummeted into the ground from about 400 feet. Smashed to pieces, so repair was pretty much a waste of time. Never did go back to the hobby after that.
I've thought about building a few more RC planes, but I've never actually done so. The main problem I have with them is the lack of perspective. I need an on-board camera to be mounted inside the plane so I can see where I'm going and make more precise calculations as to height, distance, etc. rather than relying on these things by the blink of an eye. I've thought about buying a pup-cam to mount on it. The greatest thing about these babies is that you can see where you're going by having the camera signal go to a computer monitor that you might have.
Demonstration of the pup-cam:
For a few years now, I've also considered just forgetting about RC planes and actually taking up flying for leisure. I'm looking into taking flying lessons over the summer, but I don't know if I will or not. The lessons are expensive, and I've also had a planned trip to Germany. However, one of the two is going to have to go down the tubes.
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