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I very much miss my R/C stuff. I finally get the basement (almost) finished, and it is so freaking hot outside that I don't go out to fly the plane, or heli. I don't get out the cars or truck.

My wife keeps telling me that I need to sell all of it because I don't ever do anything with it any more, but nothing is new, and selling things indivually is too much of a hassle for little money, and putting it all into a pool usually yields a quick sale, but again, no money.

Maybe I should get back to my experimentation days with combining hobbies like R/C and model rocketry... Nothing like a little extra "boost"... If I crash or destroy something, I could salvage the RX and batteries, scrap the rest, have nothing to sell, but have great memories.... And maybe video...

Nick, i feel you... I have ALL of my RC stuff still, haven't used any of it in about 2 1/2 years... Like yourself, it's 100 degrees here, and the local tracks are in buildings that are not air conditioned... So, i don't know that i want to go until maybe september.. Now that i am done with school (Aug 6th) i will have time, hopefully...

Nick, hook up some rocket boosters to that essentially-finished HT and shoot it over to NH!

Kind of like the guy that tried to fly with fireworks strapped to some sort of winged contraption.... I saw it in Mythbusters a while back...


"Fireworks Man" was the name of the episode segment I believe.

Rocket engines (that is what I called them as a kid) wouldn't be so explosive at the end... Minus that "poof" that they do to pop off the nose cone on a traditional rocket to deploy the streamer or parachute...

You can purchase model rocket engines without the "poof" at the end.

Back in my model rocketry days, I had a flying saucer shaped model that flipped over due to weight distribution once the thrust was gone. It then just used the drag created by the saucer's shape to slow it down enough that it survived landing on some wire legs that doubled as antennas when upright. It didn't fly very high but was kind of cool to watch. Thanks for bringing back that memory.

In case anybody is interested, there's an big RC Air show in Maine on Sept 6-9th. http://www.usairmeet.com/ for details.

Cheers,