![]() It ended in one of three ways – successful landing, lose the plane in a tree, or crash. That is where the “white knuckle” learning began. “There you go kid – it’s all yours.” There I was, The Great Waldo Pepper. The instructor would use your RC transmitter/controller to taxi the plane onto the runway, take off, and once straight and level flight was obtained hand you the controls. Start the engine check the radio transmitter, receiver and servo’s trim the control surfaces, and make some final checks. You and the instructor had a conversation about the “flight plan”. After some “ground school” you got out there in the flying field along with an instructor. ![]() Perfect.īack then the only option for learning how to fly radio control was what I would describe as “white knuckle” learning. Fortunately for me, there were lots of RC clubs in the area and the park district set aside flying fields for flying RC airplanes and helicopters. In the “old days” the way you learned how to fly RC was to join a club and get some training. Looks like I might be in business for some RC flying this year. Found my Futaba transmitter/controller too. This plane has not seen flight for a decade – at least. ![]() Rummaging around the basement, in addition to some old radios, I found my Radio Control (RC) airplane. You can download a free demo copy of this software here – ![]()
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