Hucking 16 Years Ago With Biff's Dad!

[Colonel Klank]

Biff's dad scratch built an early Hucker for us around 1989. We put his K&B .61 in it and it did things we had never imagined. The Ailerons were too small for what we do now, but it had plenty of elevator and motor. We flew it for 1 season without landing gear too!

It finally got a .91 Surpass and L/G in 1990 or so and was even flown off of the snow with a pair of skis I fabbed up.

I sure wish I had pictures of it! It was Black and Gold with the "Batman" emblems on each wing.

I am sure he still has the plans for it and it would be great to fly one again.

Sure is fun remembering.

[Cracky]

I have only been in the hobby for a few short years but I always think it is amazing to see how far it has come in the past 10+ years.

[Sukhoikid]

It has been about 10 years for me. I remember I solo on a plane called a butterfly and then got the first Avistar ARF that came out. A fun airplane back then was a Kaos 60. They no longer have these out. They do a 40 size but not 60. We have two kind of 60 sizes. Another airplane that we still have that was built a while back was a Big Bee which is a 8 foot long trainer like plane that does some aerobatics. It hovered great the last time I flew it. Has a BT60 in it. Here are just a few older airplanes we still have.

Kaos 60 (2)
Big Bee
Giant Stinger kit
Aeromax
Falcon 40
Tiger 60 Kit
Stinger 60 Kit

[Toro]

AHHH Nostalgia.....

I started flying 27 years ago, had an old cirrus radio on channel red and white, first power ship was a goldberg ranger, and first airplane ever @ 8 years old was a hobby shack spirit of 76 sailplane (the flying ice chest). Dad and I had a great time. since then I have had about 100 airplanes, much of which were sailplanes... Kevin, I remember when the butterfly was just plans in RCM..... Crazy how things change....

[adrian]

my dad started 46 years ago with a cox pt19 hand control babe bee.49 engine

[tl3]

Hey Pale,
Where are you flying these days?
t

[Colonel Klank]

Hey T.

I am flying a giant Pitts and a Giant Su-Do-Khoi right now.

I have my autogyro rotorhead but I was teaching a friend of mine how to fly, and he did an Anteater with by Telemaster.

What's happening in Sandston?

[tl3]

What club / field do you fly with? I'm flying a Carden 330 and trying to get ym 260 up and running between chasing around a 9 month old and painting the house . . .
t

[Yakster]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Sukhoikid
	A fun airplane back then was a Kaos 60.

Kaos 60 was and still is a great airplane. Back in the mid eighties, I learned to fly with my father's Bridi Kaos 60. He had that airplane almost 20 years before it finally fell apart!

[TManiaci]

I started in the hobby in 1977 at 19 with a high-wing trainer, no ARFs then. We spent weeks toiling to get a plane ready to fly. Flying 3D was not even a dream, and the badass stunts were childs play by today's standards. After that bird went in nose first at Mach 1 into asfault, I flew a loaner Ugly Stick and built a low wing sport plane with retracts. My first radio was a Futaba simple 4 channel, cost $700 as I recall! Futaba and Craft were the big names then. I dropped out of the hobby when I got married and life became a blur with college and kids. Jumped back in it almost two years ago now... what a change! I am blown away at the advances, and my son and I are totally addicted.

[Toro]

	Quote: Originally Posted by adrian
	my dad started 46 years ago with a cox pt19 hand control babe bee.49 engine

Had many many many U control. This one included ! I started flying U control @ the ripe old age of late 3. Been an airplane geek from day 1

[Toro]

	Quote: Originally Posted by TManiaci
	I started in the hobby in 1977 at 19 with a high-wing trainer, no ARFs then. We spent weeks toiling to get a plane ready to fly. Flying 3D was not even a dream, and the badass stunts were childs play by today's standards. After that bird went in nose first at Mach 1 into asfault, I flew a loaner Ugly Stick and built a low wing sport plane with retracts. My first radio was a Futaba simple 4 channel, cost $700 as I recall! Futaba and Craft were the big names then. I dropped out of the hobby when I got married and life became a blur with college and kids. Jumped back in it almost two years ago now... what a change! I am blown away at the advances, and my son and I are totally addicted.

Went through the same hiatus. Left for a couple of years to pursue career, and found interest in females, and dirtbikes. Married with kids now, and happily flying "when I can"

Kraft radios were an icon in the day. I had an old Kraft 4... it was when nicads were just becoming widely available and the hot talk.