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Long-form writing from the community - build journals, event reports, project retrospectives, and the occasional rant. Start a topic, take your time, tell the whole story.

  • 📝 Welcome to RC Blogs!

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    RCFeedR
    RC Blogs is where members can share their knowledge, experiences, projects, and stories with the community. Unlike the discussion forums, blogs are designed for longer-form content that others can read, learn from, and reference in the future. Great Blog Ideas Need inspiration? Here are some topics we'd love to see: Build stories and project journals How-to guides and tutorials Product reviews Event coverage and trip reports Competition experiences Tips and tricks you've learned Workshop setups RC history and restoration projects Photography and video editing tips Why you love the RC hobby Make Your Blog Great Here are a few tips to help your blog stand out: Include plenty of photos Add videos Links Break up long posts with headings Tell the story behind your project Encourage readers to ask questions and leave comments The more detail you include, the more valuable your blog becomes for the RC community. Keep It Friendly We encourage respectful discussion and constructive feedback. Everyone has different experience levels, and we're all here to learn from one another. Share Your Knowledge Whether you've been in the hobby for 30 years or just finished your first airplane, your experiences can help someone else. Don't worry about writing a perfect article—just share your passion for the hobby. Happy blogging, and thank you for helping make RCFeed an amazing resource for RC enthusiasts!
  • First Flight RC Turbine Jet

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    So I actually bought this jet almost 3 years ago. https://www.rcfeed.com/build/223 At the time I didn't quite feel ready to fly it then I had a kid and just never got around to finishing setting it up and learning the process. So finally I got this jet setup and ready to fly. Yesterday I went out to my local field and had a very experienced RC Turbine pilot with all his proper requirements maiden my jet and get it all trimmed out. The second flight of this jet was by myself on a buddy box setup. I had my main transmitter setup as the master with a trainer switch. I had my secondary transmitter setup only to use the control surfaces, as this is how I usually have it setup when I teach people how to fly. First impressions! It was awesome, I was defiantly nervous but I am a pretty confident flyer. Defiantly helped to have an experience pilot and good two way communication. It flew very good! Bigger fly's better right! The biggest difference I noticed was the landing pattern. As my instructor pointed out, I was at first doing dog leg landings where on my downwind I was making one continuous turn to final which put me at a position where I was flying at myself and not allowing myself to see my speed well so I came in a little hot. My second attempt was much better, I had to fly out farther than I usually did so I could have a good base leg and make a nice slow descending turn to final. I was a little worried about the turbine lag but this thing is not a draggy airframe so it maintains speed well. My first landing was GOOD! Not perfect but Good! My second flight I played around a little bit more just doing some figure 8's and rolls and what not, followed by some slow speed passes and another GOOD landing. It was an awesome experience and I learned a lot. I like to fly aggressive electric sport jets and 3d prop planes and this was by far the most scale and realistic I had ever flown anything. The manual for this plane says to have your aileron throws very aggressive. I setup rates on separate switches for Elevator and Ailerons with the highs being the recommended and ended up using the Mid on Elevator and Low on Ailerons. I will defiantly probably turn it up a little once I get more flights on it and actually get my waiver, but the that wont be fore a few more weeks. It was an awesome experience to finally fly a turbine and will be getting my waiver within a few weeks!