Been Flying and still do, for 45 years. Lipo Batteries and Ready to Fly kits with spread spectrum radios have changed everything...............I still remember flipping over an .049 Cox Kmart control line model airplane flying circles on 15' of dental floss. Smell of Nitro burning and the sting of it flushing a fresh finger prop cut is ingrained deep in my psyche.
Motor Gliders are my latest. Sporty on 4S, or just thermal around and loiter for 20-30 minutes with bursts of fun.
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