That was just really impressive. Not only to the craftsman that built them (the concord, wow), but to those controllers flying them.
POV flight is getting big but most folks energy seems to be in drones that just go up and down basically. Hopefully, RC planes will start growing again.
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That stuff is always impressive. I don’t know if this is or not but it seems like 90% of the outrageous jet powered RC vehicles have a German guy involved somewhere.
I’m not sure what was meant that drones basically just go up and down. A sport drone is capable of crazy maneuvers. Way more than any airplane.
^^^^^ R/C modeling is VERY big in Europe because the cost of general aviation flying/flying lessons is EXTREMELY expensive. Probably 2 or 3 times that of the cost in the U.S...
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model airplanes have sure changed since I was a kid - my first model airplane was a balsa and tissue F4U Corsair that flew pretty well with a rubber band as the engine. Spent hours on it putting the tissue over the balsa and then painting it midnight blue
