Thoughts from the workbench of Radical RC. The online retailer of electronics and kits for radio control aircraft. Dave Thacker shares his thoughts and knowledge of electronics, batteries, kit design and overall enjoyment of the hobby.
Over the years, I’ve learned what a valuable gift it is to trust somebody with a model. There is a confidence transforming effect unmatched by any other experience when for the first time a young pilot is trusted with somebody else’s model. Do you remember your first time? I encourage you to snap up similar opportunities, it’s a barrel of fun.
A fantastic modern travel documentary by you-tuber Etherium Sky. Not much has changed under collectivist ideology. It seems when you block all individual gain and voluntary exchange (capitalism) not much gets done short of making the vast majority poor. However, they are still keeping up appearances. Yea!
Steve’s built a beautiful 1905. He has added some scale detail including flying wires and pilot.
We can clearly see a pilot capable of flying this model right in it’s sweetest spot, low and slow.
“Hi Dave,
I was at our local field last week, and one of the guys took 60 some jpg’s of the Flyer. Some turned out excellent…! I did a low and slow fly by (didn’t think it was quite that low!) and he caught the whole sequence. I also really like the turn down wind… Use any that you might like.
Best,
Steve”
Thanks for providing the great photography Steve.
Life in East Germany under collectivist socialism, under Soviet rule. Told from the point of view of home movies and rare footage. There are some mature sections to this documentary. Luckily, they eventually escaped. An amazing documentary I know you’ll enjoy.
Part 1
Part 2
Dave,
I have been thinking lately how much I like and appreciate your Radical rc service. So, I wanted to write this email and say Thank You for having a great service and selection of just what I need to carry on with my modeling. Don’t know what I’d do without Radical RC.
Happy Flying To You,
Willie,
Garberville, California
Potential now program looking for funding. Could this the be the future of tilt rotor military aircraft. Unveiled today. Check out the new Bell V-280 Valor Program.
Predecessors
Bell XV-3
Bell xv-15 Demo at Moffett Field 1985
Bell V-22 Osprey “The Secret Story of the Bell V-22 Osprey”
USS Sable and USS Wolverine. Collection of photos and thread on this subject:
Warbird Information Exchange Forum
Many classic carrier warbird immages in the thread.
What happens after the establishment of collective nirvana? When all capitalism (individual reward for accomplishment & voluntary exchange) is stamped out? Check out a very interesting documentary. It happens in a similar way wherever this ideology is established. Yet there are those pushing to convert our country into this same dream world. May we in our life see this ideology ridiculed out of existence. It’s a mater of life and death. I stand for Liberty.
Excellent video explaining the basics of how gyro’s work.
Widely reported, for the first time since the tragedy in Newtown where a madman was allowed free reign in a public school to kill all he wanted, a new gun control law is on the horizon.
See story below:
Bipartisan Gun Control Agreement Announced On Background Checks Huffington Post
While the “Gun Show Loophole” continues to be tossed around. Notice the news never explains that all commercial sales at gun shows already are put through a NICS check. The only sales that are not put through the background check are those between private individuals. Yet, the “loophole” term is tossed around in a way to convince people that you can go to a gun show and buy whatever you want from whomever you want without a background check. It’s a lie, a deception. The only sales of firearms without a background check are those between private individuals. If you trade with a neighbor or co-worker, there is no background check. Like wise, if you go to a gun show and rent a table (they are swap meets) to sell your unwanted items, you are allowed to sell your private property, including a firearm without putting your buyer through a background check. It’s a private sale, your not a gun store, your not under the same restrictions as a gun store. According to reports, the new law still allows sale between private individuals without a background check. So, what have they done?
The problem is laws hindering Liberty, making some citizens 2nd class (not completely free) like teachers and school administrators for example. The problem is your and my public property being made a preferential treatment zone for criminals and non-free Liberty Objecting zone for law abiding citizens. The predator goes to the easy prey, where the prey is weak and neutered by Liberty’s Objectors of any defense. As fantasized, he has his way with the prey, prey the church of “safety through weakness” created. Created by Liberty’s Objectors. I lay at the feet of these church zealots not the madman’s act, rather that he is allowed his force to kill so many without forceful objection. May we in our time, rather than lamenting the deaths of many at the hands of madmen, come to trust teachers and administrators with full citizenship. We should be celebrating the hero Principle leaving madmen like Lanza in a pool of his own blood. Of course, it wouldn’t serve the purpose of disarming America, so more will die and the cycle of ignorance, the cycle of hindering Liberty as part of an evil advance against Freedom continues. There is no objective morality in using force of the state to prevent a free citizen from using deadly force to protect themselves and those they love against deadly force. By addressing a problem created by Objectors to Liberty in a way that does not remove Liberty’s hindrance, we do nothing. Cowards and Conspirators with Madmen win.
We deserve a more objective reasoned governance in this country. What are you willing to do about it?