View Poll Results: Do you own an RC plane / Vehical?

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  1. #1
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    Do you have an RC Plane?

    hi peeps,

    do you have an rc hobby? do you own any rc planes / vehicals?

    would you want to own one. if so what?

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    I've always thought about getting a plane, but never got round to it. Maybe sometime this summer. I looked last year and they're not that expensive so might be worth a try.

    P.S. It's "vehicle"
    Steve

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    I've been through a couple of RC cars when I was younger - only cheapo things, though. Always wanted to get a proper petrol-powered RC car/plane/helicopter.

  4. #4
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    I have an Air Hog RC plane. Not the real expensive ones that run on gas or anything but I can crash it and most likely it will be ok

    Justin

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    I have a helicopter, got it from www.towerhobbies.com a few years ago - was great fun a first but don't use it any more. It was a challenge to build it and learn to fly it but once that was achieved it got a bit boring – time to move on to the real thing

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    I'm looking at a RC Helicopter with two blades, running on batteries, they cost about $200-300 for a good one..still looking around.

    Originally posted by portalplanet
    I have an Air Hog RC plane. Not the real expensive ones that run on gas or anything but I can crash it and most likely it will be ok

    Justin
    Mine is missing a wing after a pretty unfortunate accident :\
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    That does sound like an unfortunate accident. I'm wanting to get out to fly it more so I can get good enough to fly it around my house. I have the sky winder plane and it's fun to fly http://www.airhogs.com/airhogs/airho...ct.jsp?key=164 .

    Justin

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    I have a RC Helicoptor, its great fun to use, but slightly hard to fly.

  9. #9
    Anyone seen this?

    http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=HydroFoam

    pretty cool... can't tell whether its supposed to be a boat or a plane... maybe all of the above.

    Also had a friend who just got a job at Traxxas (http://www.traxxas.com) in Dallas as a project leader designing RC cars. This was his first week on the job, I think.

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    Originally posted by Donboy
    Anyone seen this?
    http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=HydroFoam
    pretty cool... can't tell whether its supposed to be a boat or a plane... maybe all of the above.
    That is friggin' awesome! He's going to have kits available soon.

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    cool boat/car/plane video..

    I have 2 RC gas cars..

    A monster truck.. XTM X-factor <-- has 2.6 HP! <-- 1/8 scale

    looks like this: http://www.x-faction.com/XTM/BTxfactor006.jpg
    http://www.420th.com/rc/xsideview.jpg


    and a race car.. hpi rs4 type 3ss over 1HP [its really small] <-- 1/10 scale.

    http://www.zonecentral.org/rcproject...s/image008.jpg

  12. I bought one at a garage sale when I was a kid and never got the damn thing to take off
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    I've been wanting it since i was a child... Thanks you reminded me that.. I will save some money to buy a RC Car soon!
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    I used to have cars, planes and helicopters. The Helis were my favorite followed by the cars. Planes got boring after a while as there was only so much you could do. The cars were great when the weather wasn't good for flying the Helis. Helis take a lot of coordination and a LOT of practice.
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  15. #15
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    Like many here, I've actually always wanted an RC plane, and for a while was pretty intent on getting one. I participated in an online RC forum, and I knew which one I was going to get; it was only $45 for the starter kit, and the plane was supposed to be decent. I know the name started with a "d," but I forget exactly what it was called.

    They just sound really fun, but I'm sure after a while, the novelty wears off. It's still a challenge, though, and I'd like one of those with a large wingspan and a good radio, which make it more challenging to fly.

  16. #16
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    I have 2 RC planes(one is destroyed, one is impacted from my trip from Texas to FL, it got a few holes and lost some bonds)

    My RC car is sitting right next to me, in the box,it is a 1/10'th scale stadium truck from kyosho, it is a little speedster, gas of course.

  17. #17
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    its nice to see im not the only one getting into the rc hobby then hehe

    and yes I have seen that hydro foam plane before, wonder how much they will be when released to the public.

    knowing my luck it will be summit like $199 and us shipping only.

    which would mean I wouldnt be able to get it in the uk

  18. #18
    Well my whole family flys R/c airplanes and helis. (me, my mom and dad). I have a couple of airplanes and 1 heli. In total we have around 40 r/c planes / helis.

  19. #19
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    40 rc planes thats alot

    could you name your best ones, so i can get an idea of what they look like and see if im tempted to get one

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