Finished redecorating the MBDR.

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

That looks like killer fun!

I didn't think it would be that pricey to get a camera in a rig like that. What would it be a few grand? I have no idea but with ever changing tech it seems like it should be affordable, no?
Scott

That's a bullet cam on a vintage car. Only for replay. FPV, if you decided to do it, would require both camera and headset.

FPV works because you have spatial sense as first person to do the job. Drones, planes, really slow cars maybe. I would say the same as flying 3D with FPV. Impossible to do at any level above tame.

When racing RC, your peripheral vision is at least as important as your focus. You see stuff turns ahead of where you are while still driving. So third person is best.

A 1/10th at speed is running 400-500mph scale. 200mph through hairpins. Nobody but a top F1 driver has a chance at one of these FPV.

[ZipZap]

Originally Posted by Newby

Top Gun Competition held in Florida every spring had pilots from all over the world competing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1hvXplHMY

I have a scale heli friend in FL. No 3D, but he builds and flies some amazing stuff. Last year, he built a replica of the Bell Ranger Flight for Life copter near him. Amazing work. I would never have flown it

[kingpin]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

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You know that old saying.
Unlucky in love, lucky in RC.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by ZipZap

You should try heli's. Much easier

Here's what you aspire to to be the best in the world...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpc...nnel=RCHeliJet

I've found it best to stick to hobbies that I have skill in.

[GTOguy]

About ten years ago I dug out my old control line stunt planes and got one of them going. Had to order the fuel from back east, it's haz-mat now, (Nitro and castor oil) and a big PITA. Got the old Fox .35 fired up and the 60 foot steel lines laid out and went for a spin. I actually got DIZZY. The flight time is about 6 to 8 minutes, too long. I ended up doing some wing-overs but no loops or inverted, as it had been 45 years and I didn't want to wreck the plane. The smell of the castor oil and nitro brought it all back. And the noise. My god what a racket! And we used to fly these things on any school playground we could. It was fun, but haven't flown since. Still have about a gallon of that fuel. And all my old engines.....Fox .35's, McCoy .35's, Torpedo .29's and .32's, etc. Neat old stuff, just to look at. A childhood long gone, for sure.

[LATB]

Can someone tell me what MBDR is?