Subj : Re: No new photos...
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Mindless Automaton
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 13:56:00

Angus McLeod wrote:
>   Re: Re: No new photos...
>   By: Mindless Automaton to Angus McLeod on Wed Sep 14 2005 13:47:00
> 
>  > Are you strictly plane or have you tried any helicopters? 
> 
> No, I'm not interested in helicopters.  I know that they are very 
> challenging to fly, but they're boring.  Like R/C cars, there is virtually 
> no construction involved.  If you hit it you buy a whole bunch of new 
> parts and replace the broken ones.  And they're yawnsville to watch in the 
> air/  When a heli is doing it's greatest trick (hovering) it's standing 
> still.  IOW, parked.    Okay, it's parked 2 feet off the ground, but 
> parked is parked and it gets old FAST.  

Maybe they are good for chasing the cat without ramming the fuselage up the.. :o
I could actually use something to chase the squirrels.. :)  Maybe you can get 
one with a tree trimmer attachment..

> 
> I really don't have a problem with *other* guys flying heli, but the 
> bloody things spend the entire flight whizzing about right over the strip 
> (preventing other people from using it) and make a deafening racket in 
> your ears that makes it virtually impossible to hear your own engine while 
> you're in flight.  I honestly wish the heli pilots would go fly somewhere 
> else, because they're a pain in the ass. 
> 

Interesting..  ever try using model rockets as anti-aircraft weapons? ;)
I couldn't imagine how to design any guidance for that..

I guess you could slap on a little cam and do some fly bys on the nudie beach or 
something..

The only R/C I've own recently is one of those micros from Radio Shack.  I only 
got it because I had a $20 gift certificate and figured what the heck. 
Otherwise when I was a kid I had a car that went forward and backwards to the 
right. :)

-Mindless Automaton
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