Archive for June, 2008
Joining a remote control aircraft club is a great way to dive into your hobby. Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) regulates it’s members of clubs to give you the best access to current rc informaton, events, flying fields, etc for both RC Airplane and RC Helicopter model flyers. They also provide links to associated rc aircraft organizations the world over.
Whether you are a beginner or an expert RC Hobby Aircraft hobbier, you will find a RC model club near you.
On this page, in the right hand column section “Recommended Sites”, I have included a link to MAAC website’s list of Clubs.
Enjoy your hobby!
I work at a day camp for kids and I recently purchased an RC model helicopter for the children to play around with and they love it. It’s a really great feeling to see their little eyes light up when they hold the controller in their hands make those models fly up into the air.
Now a few of these kids want to be pilots and they spend their art time drawing up helicopters and airplanes. They have dreams thanks to these model choppers and planes.
A project that I decided to have with my son a few years back was flying RC airplanes together. It was a fun thing for us to do on Sunday mornings, but now he’s 13 and has more of an interest in Guitar Hero.
I, on the other hand, have kept up with flying the airplanes outside of our home on Sunday mornings. It’s really the only time where I feel like I can escape the trappings of work and have some “me” time. On occasion my son will leave his video games to fly with me, but only if I show him some new tricks with the plane.
Are you starting out in the remote control model hobby and want to familiarize with the terminology being used? For example, we have added to our product line, the new RC WASP V4 Helicopter. The terms used here may not be familiar to you. Below is a direct link to the A-Z glossary of terms used in the industry. Just point and click to open. To speed up the search, use the Adobe’s search tool provided to locate the term and its meaning:
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