well, finally found the time to sit down and upload some more pics for ya guys...hope you enjoy...

this was my first kit, ready to be covered. its a great planes .46 giles g202. although it is a 46 size plane i had to over-do it and put a 90 in it. cant find any pics of it finnished, but it got covered with a butifull red black and yellow scheme...



Next up is me flyin my shockflyer; a foam profile "plane" powered by a hand built cd-rom motor. this is a very light plane with a thrust to weight ration of atleast 2:1! it is meant for what is called 3D flying ie. hovering, harriers, waterfalls (any manuver where the wing is stalled and no-longer creating life) very fun little bird....
fist pic is of me doin a torque-roll, this is where the plane is hovering, but the torque of the motor spins it around to the left



this is called a harrier, the only fullsize plane to be able to do this (besides the actual harrier) is the F-15. this manuver is where the plane is at a very high angle of attack ie. 45+ degrees, and moving forward very slowly without gaining or looseing altitude...




And for the last of the shockflyer but def. not least, a parachute...this is hard to capture in a still immage but ill try to describe it. this is where the plane is in a verticle down-line and just above the ground a super sharp 90 degree pull up is done so that the plane just about stops horizantaly in midair and softly floats to the ground. this trick is so violent and happens so fast that by the time its on the ground u dont even realize it happened...think of the plane like a sky diver...




another shot of the shreiff turbine 




ok, last one for now... a very pretty shot of a big gasser hovering




well, sorry for the very long winded post, i just get a little over excited talking about this stuff...hope you like

Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do if I want to start R/C?? I've really wanted to get into it, but most stuff is too expensive.  I've built a couple models, and I'm going to get back into rubber powered free flight.

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Maybe not such a good idea. I noticed that Jakemaster is from the US where things are likely to be very different to here in the UK. My advice would be to join a club & take the members advice. They will know the best way of doing it in your area & most clubs offer free training. All good R/C clubs will have the flying field(s),  trainer, radio equipment & official instructors. All you pay for is the fuel.

PS. Rubber-powered free flight is not a bad idea. It's not expensive & will give you a good all-round introduction to the hobby. An R/C model is simply a guided free-flighter & the basic principles will never change. This is how we all started back in the "olden days".

thanks for the kind words guys. i may be able to help here. if you are interested in getting into rc on a budget, i would strongly recomend one of the great GWS planes. each foam plane costs about 30 bucks and most come with a motor, gearbox, and prop. all you would need after that is a simple 4 channel transmitter, recever, 2-3 servos, an electronic speed control, battery and charger. a very good plane for starting out on is the slowstick. most of the people i fly with now have learned to fly on one. heres a link for the slowstick.... http://www.gws.com.tw/english/product/airfly/slow%20stick.htm

if you have any more questions feel free to ask me.

lol, look back at that thread and look at the name of the person who advised you not to use monocoat 

honestly, i dont know that much about super light models and the coverings that are used, you can try poasting your question on www.rcuniverse.com you can find info on just about anything pertaining to the hobby.

Neat, I like that last shot alot 8)