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cat5752
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I have been lurking here for quite some time. Main thing I would like to say is that there is so much skill here it is unbelievable. You guys make it look so easy - I envy your skill sets.
My name is Andy, I live in Phoenix, AZ (it's a dry heat ). I have been out of RC for about 10 years now but am getting back into it. I have never built a a plane from a kit but have always wanted to. All of my experience has come from ARFs, which I can put together fairly well. I don't like to use the term build, because you really don't build anything with an ARF. Now ARF bashing, I believe, is something entirely different but it is still not building. In my opinion, if you build an ARF, you bought the wrong ARF.
I am primarily interested in warbirds, and my first kit will hopefully be a Holman FW 190. I retired a couple of years ago from a long time of banging around in Abrams tanks. I look forward to learning from all of you and I hope someday to give something back to the site. If I ask a lot of seemingly dumb questions, it's because I am still learning as I go.
Andy
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| Posted: September/17/2014 at 4:20pm |
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Hi Andy.
Welcome. I think this site generates a lot of lurkers. I had the same reaction as you when I joined - what you see here is incredible. Have fun.
Sean
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J_Whitney
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Hey Andy - welcome to the site!You never know when your question might prompt a whole new way of doing things - when I used to teach (adult ed, AutoCAD) I would tell the class that the only dumb question is the one that does not get asked.
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cat5752
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I taught tanks for about 10 years - you have to be very careful with some audiences with that statement. I had a 2LT ask me once if the main gun was over the back deck of the tank, because it looked shorter than the pictures on the internet. I said "No, the front of the hull was under the back of the turret and that was why it looked so short". He said " I thought that was it".......Yay, you might be a General some day........
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Welcome to the insanity Cat. Best $20 ever spent in the hobby. You mentioned wanting to build a war bird.. and having arfs.. what arfs have you flown? any war birds?
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Welcome Andy!
Are you near Levine? I visit my brother there several times a year and head down to Avra Valley and Pima.
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cat5752
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I am right on the northern edge of Phoenix city limits (Carefree Highway. I moved here about 2 years ago so that I could attend MMI, which I graduated in May.
I have flown a couple of warbird ARFs, a Hanger 9 Miss America and a Great Planes T-6 Texan. Other planes are an Ultra Stik, a Great Planes Shoestring, a Great Planes Super Stearman, an Ultimate Bipe. I have also done a little helicopter flying. I am currently finishing a WM Tempest, and I also have a WM FW 190A. I think they are a pretty good ARF, but time will tell how they hold together.
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