A Failed Maiden, a Crash, & Flyin' with Friends

[@bobturner3388]

I've heard many people describe this GREAT hobby and I believe you described it the best yet! P.s. I lived in Charleston S,C, for 5yrs "77-81" Mt. Pleasant S.C. to be exact! Absolutely love that area!

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Russ lives in Moncks Corner. I like Charleston, they need more hobby shops though 😆. Thanx for the great comment.

[@tughillrc6327]

Too bad about the RF signal loss, My bet its the radio to receiver mismatch causing the issue. I use either a NX8 or NX10 for 90% of my flying. Yes I am a spektrum guy LoL. By the way I was born In Winston Salem and had family there till 2005. I still have cousins there around Winston but most of my Uncles and Aunts have passed away. My mother and grandmother are buried there and I plan to visit there this spring perhaps in March on my way to Bam Jam.Perhaps we may get together and fly then?

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Absolutely! Let's do it!!!

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Where do you fly now Tug?

[@tughillrc6327]

I have many places I fly at in Upstate NY, Utica,Rome, Syracuse,Barneveld,Old Forge,and Forrest Port for water Ops.@@ChunkyC_RC

[@snoriverrc3842]

That must be a Tower Hobbies Corsair. I recognize that 13 year old patina on the paint job from my Wildcat.

[@ChunkyC_RC]

It's an early Horizon Hobby Park Zone Corsair. Well, it was anyway 😉

[@tommygunn9243]

nice to see the winston salem hobby park made the net. the pink thing in the tree is a minion on a parachute. he has been hanging for over a year.

[@SlowFlyer85]

Great job I like the big horn great flight

[@WATCHMEGOBROKE]

New subscriber here‼️

[@EJ-74]

I live right outside of Greensboro 👍🏻 Nice flying field. Fun vid guy's ✌🏻

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Maybe we'll get to fly with ya someday. Thanx for the comment

[@robertcovell2787]

You're right, wooden airplanes fly better.

[@ChunkyC_RC]

The balsa planes have also gotten extremely light compared to the planes of earlier days. Thanx for the comment!

[@dutchloveRC]

looked like a FUN day buddy!

[@ChunkyC_RC]

We had a blast. Glad to see my buddy again

[@SmokeyMountainRcTravisThompson]

Nice flying nice planes👌👌✌️✌️

[@le3045acp]

oh i live in S.C. myself

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Great to meet ya neighbor

[@rcplanesandfriends3067]

Good job! I love this hobby!

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

Those trees look kinda Close Chunky 🤔 a fun flying session at hobby Park 👍

[@ChunkyC_RC]

It's a bit tight 😜

[@DadsRCHangar]

Always great flying with friends and no wind. Those trees do look close 🫡

[@ChunkyC_RC]

If you can fly Hobby Park, you can fly anywhere 😉

[@SlowFlyer85]

if you want go to slowflyer85 want to talk about trees lol kzbin.info/door/lP-mVzpIlLmiut-qOgWD2A this where I fly on my property more land clearing comeing

[@bdanielcal4608]

Was that pilot or launcher error .but I never had a signal issue with my 72 mhz crystals only issue was the idiot who turned on his radio while I was flying I do have a issue at my park with my dx6e right by a tall flag pole where I lose signal for a few seconds .

[@ChunkyC_RC]

I never had a problem either with 72. Except a time or two I forgot to pull up the antenna 😁. Thanks for the comment

[@jordancoleman2402]

I just inherited two JR xp6102 72mhz radios, gonna throw a receiver in something take em out to the field and try them out

[@ChunkyC_RC]

@@jordancoleman2402 there ya go! I still fly with my JR 8103 occasionally 👍

[@JohnDoe50047]

The RF signal warnings are just referring to the telemetry data from the receiver back to the transmitter and not the signal from the transmitter to the plane. Spektrum transmitters have what they call "fly-by" telemetry, which means it only has enough range to get back to you when you fly past yourself. You can silence the alert by going to the sensors tab on the radio and checking "disable telemetry alarms." Also, pro tip: hold the plane with your left hand when you launch it. That way you have your thumb on the controls instead of the throttle. :)

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Good advice👍. I ve been doing extensive reading and found the same thing you have mentioned. I have since turned off the radio telemetry alarms and ready for another "re-maiden". Thanks for the input dude! Happy flying

[@userTJ39780]

What was your favorite plane of the day? I love my Flite Test mini Master Corsair, but prefer flying my red MPD Commander.

[@ChunkyC_RC]

For that day, it was my Bighorn. I imagine it may change when I get some flights on the Commander.

[@userTJ39780]

I use a Spektrum DX6. No real problems except a late in flight signal loss with an EDF jet that I attribute to a spent battery.

[@phillipmoore2604]

Strange field, why are your flight stations so far from the runway?

[@ChunkyC_RC]

We usually use the grass between the pilot stations and the runway. Not really sure why it is, where it is. It's been that way since the early 80s

[@blue03r6]

Do those radio master radios have issue all the time like this? Im torn between one of them or just buy a futaba for an extra $200. Also, i picked up the pitricic bros reference in there eh🤣

[@ChunkyC_RC]

I'm gonna answer in 2 parts... 1. If you are planning to fly drones someday and you are into tinkering with your radio then RM may be for you. It's like the Linux of the transmitter world. Always updating firmware and trying to figure out lua scripts etc. 2. If your like me, and just wanna setup the model and go fly, then Futaba may be for you. Futaba is a time tested system and has been around longer than I've been doing RC. The build and quality between the 2 don't compare. If it was me, I'd take Futaba over RM anytime. If you can swing it, get a Futaba system that does the FASSTEST protocol. Those are backwards compat with the older Futaba protocols.

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Also, I have found binding to be quirky at times. I have been binding receivers ever since spread spectrum came out and I have never had a problem with any Spektrum, JR, Futaba, FlySky, or my FrSky X20S Ethos system. The RM internal module just seems to be a bit finicky at times.

[@le3045acp]

been in and out of the rc plane game for the last 43 years now 54 and i enjoy the electrics like you i grew up on the glow and 72 meg futaba . now the 2.4 and all of the rediculous faa non common sense rules and id crap will and are ruining the sport of rc unfortunantly but as far as the hobby advancing it has done so greatly especially with the fpv but i hate that you cant find as many stick build kits as you use to i really enjoyed the building also but it would have been great in the stick build days if they would have had SAFE and AS3X it would have saved a many great planes in the hands of beginning pilots

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Good to hear from someone who's been in the game a while like I have. The FAA is a drag, but it was bound to happen one day. At least we have FRIA's. Thanx for commenting.

[@eqrc7587]

Good Day at the field. I have not updated my NX10 and plan on not doing it. I will try and come up to fly with you one weekend. I’ve got to get trailer done so I can travel to the close fields around me . Hope we meet at Nall if you come down, I live in Spartanburg about 20 minutes from Joe Nall event. Looks like a great field, and a Awesome story to you and it. Good luck on radio 👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻👍🏻

[@ChunkyC_RC]

That sounds like a plan....

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Chris and Russ sure was fun watching this video, felt like I was there with you all. Fresh Water Fishing Ace is amazing for the RC future. Fun one Jeff in LA USA

[@ChunkyC_RC]

Thanx for stopping by Jeff. Till the next episode ✌️

[@russneace8436]

Upon further review of the video evidence, that mishap was totally the hand tossers fault!😊