This isn't about RC Flying, but it is at the RDRC Flying Site :-) ... We've been enjoying our son and his family while they're here from Indiana. A couple of nights ago (12-21-2025), we took the telescopes and 4 generations of men, out to the RDRC flying site and set them up. Desmond's great granddad, granddad, and dad were there. It was cold, but we had a good time! Chris has more photos, they'll get uploaded later.
This was a great day for me at the RDRC field. My oldest son Chris, and grandson Desmond (age 9), were in town from Indiana. We charged the batteries, checked a few things out, and headed to RDRC as a guest of Kerry. I had not flown in 2 years due to vision issues, but they are now partially resolved.
Desmond started by flying the little Timber UMX on the buddy box with his dad. He progressed in subsequent flights to taking off. Finally he landed all by himself! The Spectrum AS3X technology is such a boost for today's new pilots.
Chris flew his Venus pattern bird as we were working out some engine issues. It was finally running and flying great.
I flew my 2006 .40 Twist a bit. While jerking it around and having fun, it began behaving strangly with its own pitch changes... not initiated by me. After landing, we discovered it had a broken wing dowel, and the landing gear was the only thing holding the wing on! Hahahaha.... that airplane has such a history!
Here's a few pics and videos...
Desmond did very good, and was having a blast!
Chris' Venus was running and flying great in this vid...
Desmond did with his dad's Venus. Great pic!!
I wish these days could last forever!