Rammer64

Here's a little sport you can use your Ram pick-up for.
Add an extra fuel tank to an R/C plane. Put on some goggles and some warm clothes with gloves. Climb in the back of the pick up and fly the R/C plane from one flying club to another while driving in view of the plane from the pickup. We just did this today. Drove a total of 237 kms from from club to two others.
WHAT A HOOT!!!!
It was the beginning of our first annual CROSS COUNTRY CLUB FLY.
All authorized by the local police departments.

Rammer64

Flying out from the club.

dieselminded

is it legal to do that???

Dont the power lines affect the controls??

DM

Rammer64

We ran outta fuel after 48 minutes of flight. Went DEADSTICK and landed full flaps in a bean field next to the road. We refuelled and headed out again. 11 teams of three each. 7 teams made both legs of the trip. 3 crashed along the way and one had too many radio frequency interference problems.

phox_mulder

Gotta have one of the members fab up a refueling tanker.

No more pit stops.

(moving to "other" as is more fitting)


phox

Rammer64

We had the OPP authorize this before we did it and actually THEY picked the route. No the power lines don't effect the plane (UNLESS YOU'RE DUMB ENOUGH TO HIT IT).

I've been flying R/C for a while now and this was my first CROSS COUNTRY CLUB FLY and it was a BLAST.

Here's a pic of my 1/5 scale R/C plane replica I'm building of a full size flown by Julie Clark. This was a pic of me and her in London at the airshow. Notice the hand built pilot she's holding.

Begle1

I flew a model airplane once. Never did get it flying again... Stupid Taube...

TPilaske

Don't try the Windsor to Detroit flight.. ya might get shot down! (not by the gov't either!)

Where did you make the flight from? Windsor to --- ??


Tony

bdramsey

What Happens if you hit the power lines ??????? All that fuel go Kabloomy?

Rammer64

We started out at the Sun Parlour Flying club in River Canard near Windsor.
We flew to Staples near Leamington and then to Chatham Ontario.


Don't kinow what happens when ya hit power lines. Haven't done it. (YET)

Our website is: http://www.sunparlorflyers.ca/

upersleder

now if ya could learn to land it in the bed to re-fuel, you wouldnt have to stop and do it, A SURE WINNER!!!!

bdramsey

Steady....................Steady................St eady..................WATCH THE WINDOW!

nah, just tell dodge it busted when you shut the door

Rammer64

I already had my thumb cut off and fingers broke from the prop.
I'm not gonna sit the box when it comes in to land at 55mph.

I may be stupid----- but I'm not crazy.

crobtex

Neat website.. It looks like you folks have a good time.

Rammer64

We do. There's alot of events and like DTR.......it's a close-knit group with a common goal and everybody supports each each other any way possible. It's quite a kinship.
We had a world championship scale show that we put on in Tillsonburg Ontario in 2002. We had 26 countries compete and after one country crashed on a preliminary flight, 3 other countries including Canada donated wood and parts and glue and anything the other team needed to fly again for the competition.
I've never been to any DTR events yet but I can see that persona and friendship here on DTR from the pictures of other events and chattting with the guys here on the forums.

It's friendships based on common interests.