Other Hobbies

[Moose87]

what dates were you in 25 for?? i was also 25 and then 39 when it changed over. what squadron?

 

[scrumpy]

I was in later stages of phase 2 for 12 Squadron air support as a specialist vehicle fitter in 2003 (so in theory I was never a "real" soldier according to the Mod but my boys said otherwise! And I was still taught how to make things go boom!)

 

[Moose87]

you were before me anyway man.

 

[geoffreym]

Flying? That sounds awesome. If I ever won the lottery then I'd immediately get myself onto some flight training course or other, private pilot license would be awesome. Always wanted a go in a helicopter as well, I used to fly a lot of RC planes with my dad, tried the helis and they're a right bitch. I'd bet money on real helis being a sh*t ton easier to control.

Still learning, on my 4th hr and done all the exams except for Radio telephony. It's actually relatively easy, kind of like driving a car in 3 dimensions with talking being used instead of traffic lights. Helicopter piloting is a b**** under a thousand feet (dependant on obstacles), over that and it's relatively plain sailing.
Used to be an air cadet and loved flying in the Grobs, currently learning in a PA28 and hoping to grab a rating to fly the piper Seneca's. In my experience of cadet forces it really depends on the higher echelons, my first and 3rd CO (in the cadets) were total b******* and did effectively nothing other than drill and model-making, 2nd guy was awesome though, lots of flying, exercises with the army cadets, sun'n'fun, etcetera.

PA28

http://pooleysfis.com/en/images/pfis2/b/ba/PFIS-content640-pa28-archer-ext-flying.jpg

Piper Seneca

http://www.shorelineaviation.net/Portals/17518/Gallery/Album/1634/Piper%20Seneca%20V_13.png

 

[n1ckh]

Me and my boys are all rc hobbyists, I build them and they break them lol

I mainly deal with rc boats (military and civilian) I do exhibitions, events and competitions

For speed, we have several fast cars modified by me and for slower days, we have 2 rock crawlers, scale car with scale caravan and a 6x6 military tatra truck built by me

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

I've always wanted an RC boat/plane.....

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

:wub: RC biplane...

 

[team flex]

Nah, nitro is great fun. Had a thunder tiger st1, 50mph tearing up the lawn

 

[n1ckh]

Nitro's a waste these days as battery's and motors are out doing nitro engines

I spent 6 hours on a lake with fast electric boats screaming around while 2 blokes had nitro boats and 5 tool boxes between them, 1 bloke got his started after an hour, put it on the water and it died, they came from Bristol and gave up

Petrol engines are better as they're not affected by conditions as much as nitro engines are

I have a savage X I bought of a mate of mine, took the engine out, sold it and bought a brushless motor for it, I just turn up, connect the battery and off I go

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

Me and my dad used to do a lot of RC flying, he would generally build them and I'd fly them. To him it was like big Airfix and to me it was like a Playstation game.

Coolest thing we had was an electric motorised A10, I think it was something like 1:32 scale, wingspan was a good 1.2m or so.

But recently there were some regulation changes at the club we were a part of and they just made it a pain in the arse to be a part of anymore, silly license type restrictions for the field we used to fly at, you had to take a test to prove you could fly and knew what you were doing, it was just a load of bullshit.

Not really done much regarding it in the last 5 or 6 years, so it's just as well I discovered airsoft to fill the void.

 

[n1ckh]

I haven't flown an rc plane for years and I'll do a refresher course at some time

 

[Monty]

Other hobbies? Well, lets see..

Building stuff on 3DS Max, Photoshop (concept art), working on my car, was an avid animator a few years ago, RC flying, airsoft...

I've got too many hobbies, lol.

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Other hobbies? Well, lets see..

Building stuff on 3DS Max, Photoshop (concept art), working on my car, was an avid animator a few years ago, RC flying, airsoft...

I've got too many hobbies, lol.

Did I hear (well read but you know what I mean...) RC flying!!!! :wub: :wub:

 

[Monty]

Did I hear (well read but you know what I mean...) RC flying!!!!

:wub: :wub:

I had a bright yellow super cub, ended up crashing it after a day of owning it. Nose first into the dirt, it was a spectacular crash.

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

I had a bright yellow super cub, ended up crashing it after a day of owning it. Nose first into the dirt, it was a spectacular crash.

I cry for you.

 

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

But with a good crash, you cant complain too much.

 

[Serconker]

Gaming..

Coding..

Modeling..

Engineering..

Robotics..

Sentry gun, anyone?

Also I like to dick about in FL studio.. With absolutely no musical training..

In short.. Music

 

[ikarma70]

I do airgun target shooting and I used to do field target shooting too, regularly hit half inch spinners at 60 yards.

Guess you can tell I loves my shooting lol

 

[n1ckh]

Only time I flew an rc helicopter, it crashed into a tree

I bought the same helicopter for spares, sold both together on eBay and doubled what I'd spent

Also sold 7 of my scratch built rc boats on ebay and made about £600 on the lot

 

[Chock]

Lot's of aviation-related interests on here it seems. Add me to the list too; got my pilot's licence back in 1997, but I much prefer flying gliders to powered aircraft, since they are generally stressed for aerobatics and keeping the thing up there is very much about your skill in flying well and finding the right air mass, learning to fly a Cessna spam can was an itch I had to scratch, but having done so I found it less interesting and more constraining than the freedom of flying a glider, not to mention the fact that flying glides is sh**loads cheaper as well. Got a couple of model aircraft too (P-51 Mustang being my favourite one) but don't get out and fly those much. Flying is just one of many hobbies I have though, I do all sorts of stuff: building models, got a big US-themed model railroad in my attic which is my 'winter hobby', making movies, gigging with guitar and vocals (got away too many guitars, play a few other instruments too), dabble in a bit of martial arts, all kinds of things really.