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Wanting to get into DLG- Gliders.
Hi Guys!
I’m recovering from childhood RC glider PTSD and looking for advice. I spent several years building 2-meter sailplanes with my Pops out of balsa wood and Monokote… flying them for 30 seconds and inevitably wrecking them, which meant another 2 months of rebuilding. We probably did this five times for a combined flight time of about a minute and a half. Lol.
I was excited to see the new foam gliders with built-in motors. I bought one for my dad and me so we could finally overcome our PTSD. Result: more PTSD. It was too windy, and since I wasn’t used to the motor, I had it on full tilt. As the wind took it, I kept trying to fly it back toward us, but somehow it just kept rising and rising despite full down elevator. It ended up about 1500 feet up and a mile away before we lost sight of it. Gone forever to the gods above. My dad and I walked back to the car in complete shock.
Next, I bought a 2-meter glider with a motor and took it out, only to crash it on its first flight and break the nose off. I glued it back together and now it hangs in my office. I look at it with the dream of flying it again, but I still get chills thinking about wrecking it again.
So I decided to downsize. I bought a P-51 Mustang beginner foam plane with BEGINNER MODE. That was my first real flying experience. I probably have about 15 ten-minute flights on it now. Beginner mode is clutch. Anyway… that plane is now at the top of a tree.
I’ve now purchased another one, still in the box, along with another 2-meter sailplane covered in LEDs for night flying. Also still in the box.
I’m excited to fly, but I’ve hit a mental block where the desire to fly is getting crushed by the fear of wrecking everything again. I don’t think I can take another big crash.
I know you’re probably thinking this guy is a fucking idiot and should quit. I get it. Truly. But I promise I am not stupid. I actually do pretty well in life. I run a multinational company, employ 50+ people, and spend my life troubleshooting basically everything under the sun. Yet RC flying has me shaking in my boots.
All that said, my dream is to get into DLG gliders, but I know I need to actually learn how to fly these other gliders before dropping $1000+ on a DLG setup.
My question: how do I get to the point where flying DLG gliders is even remotely realistic. Are there training schools? Do you have links to the best tutorial videos? I’m at the point where I’m willing to be someone’s glider bitch and run into the outback to fetch gliders just to learn.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
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Battery connections & wire gauge
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Need opinions
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How I charge all my batteries in the field
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Vintage part throwback.
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What happened to HobbyKing?
I used to buy stuff from there all the time back in 2016. Didn’t have as much time to fly for a little while but I’m starting to get back into the hobby and it looks like hobbyking has fell off badly. They barely have anything.
Where is your go-to for motors/escs/batteries? Amazon seems to have a bunch of junk.
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Trail Ready!
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Any servo's that can survive 100% duty cycle? These keep dying.
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New to this sub and RC, but not new to design. I made a controller that looks like a boombox.
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Took my plane for a walk in the woods.
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[Advice] Old 80s style petrol powered monster truck
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Building a 3D-Printable RC Crawler Course
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GPM Aluminum Upgrade on Tamiya T3-01 Dancing Rider Trike！
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Vanqish
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Rc10GT NITRO standard version vs. Richard Saxton one ?
Team Associated RC10GT nitro vs Rc10GT nitro Richard Saxton
I am younger than my father for obvious reasons. And he gave me my first RC from Tamiya and so on without ever daring to buy one for himself.
So I have decided to give him, his ultimate RC from the 90s. The RC10GT NITRO !!
Which are the pros and cons of both ?
Between the rc10gt and the rc10gt richard saxton ??
Thanks a lot !
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New power station for charging R/C batteries
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Anyone tried building a piper a28 with a V tail
Just interested in who's done it
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Where can I get good 3d printed plane files for free?
I know there are some in thingiverse and other website but those are small, basic trainers. I’m looking for bigger sclae planes that could use 3-4s 1300-2200mah
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Dual camera FPV truck wire management
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More batteries
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Will you be buying an scx30? Why or why not??
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Thinking about getting an RC car…
I have played with a few RC vehicles over the years and have enjoyed them. I’m thinking of getting one for myself but don’t know quite where to start. I’m in a colder climate so can’t really run outside right, but I have a large basement to play in until it warms up. I’m not really interested in buying low end quality products, I want something that will handle a little abuse without being too difficult for a novice to maintain.
Any suggestions on places to learn more about RC cars? Or recommendations for a complete and total noob?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
Update: Wow! Thank you all so much for your suggestions and responses. I look forward to exploring them all and learning from everyone.
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FMS 1:10 Camel Trophy Rainy Day Trailing
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My 500 size CH-54 Tarhe and MH-53 Pave Low in the air at the Southern Scale Heli Challenge
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What is wrong????????
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I compiled the fundamentals of two big subjects, computers and electronics in two decks of playing cards. Check the last two images too [OC]
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Have an RC underwater with a camera to have fun at the pool, and I discovered that my neighbor had a massive crack on the bottom of the pool.
It is such a weird thing, and I have to say this somewhere.
It happened that approximately a few months ago, I bought an RC submarine that has a camera attached to it, only as an amusement object. One would just have a good time shopping underwater, taking some photos of fish in the lake, and chilling around with a cool toy in general. I started training in the swimming pool of my apartment when there were no people around.
The camera is amazingly good for my money. One day, I was staring into the footage when I noticed that there was something out of place on the wall of the pool in the water. Dark lines, harsh designs, definitely not ordinary. Curiosity made me fly the sub nearer, and I found I was gazing at some beautiful, enormous cracks in the foundation.
I showed the footage to the property manager by thinking that I was acting as a helper. Luckily, however, they did not know that there was damage to the tune of such magnitude. It is not the first time they have had the issue of unexplained water loss, which they could not figure out the source. Their enigma was worked out by my accidental toy submarine.
Some significant repairs are underway, and the pool has been closed for a few weeks; my neighbors are somewhat irritated about it, though technically, I assisted in preventing a larger disaster in the future. I have jokers that I work with underwater using my submarine, carrying out surveillance missions.
The whole episode showed me that these camera-mounted RC subs are not necessarily useless, and not necessarily as a source of amusement. I was thinking of better models with higher quality cameras and found an interesting potential on Alibaba with great resolutions and deeper ratings.
Have you or another individual discovered any problem with the infrastructure with your hobby equipment by accident? I believe that I tripped over a pool inspector.
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So my signal wire broke on new rc steering servo.
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MT12 radiomaster mod
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GPM Shock Towers on ARRMA Notorious 6S V6
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