I’ve been having fun flying my radio controlled aircraft. My big plane, an Extra 300 with 50cc two-stroke engine and 2.2 metres wingspan is a wonderful machine. My model flying club had to move fields recently and that kept me away for a while because the new field was a bit rough. Now it is not bad, so I’m back in the air. I love flying aerobatics with it. There’s almost as much adrenalin as with the real thing as it is quite scary to get it down low, to crash it would be a great shame (and expensive!).
Unlike the real Extra 300 (which I’ve also flown) the model has a power-to-weight ratio that allows it to hover vertically on about half throttle, and climb out of the hover with full throttle. Scary fun.
I now have more than 100 flights on it! Time for champagne!
