Hello from England (run by WEF puppets)

[JohnnyUK]

I'm a 67 year old pensioner who's new to life in a wheelchair, this website has been a huge help familiarising myself with powerchairs and mobility vehicles. I'm a total rookie so please go easy on me when I ask stupid questions. I'm an amputee who's recently lost right leg above knee, expecting to lose left leg in the next few weeks when my mobility will be further challenged

I've bought a couple of powerchairs in order to realise they're great in the house but rubbish outside. Fortunately I'd known Burgerman since childhood and rekindled that friendship when I realised he ran this site. He's been a big help crafting an application for a new powerchair (can ya guess what it is yet?) through our national healthcare provider, I'm hoping this will answer all my prayers if successful. I've just bought an 8 year old VW Caddy so at last I'm mobile and can go places in my wheelchair and on my own yay!

Hoping to familiarise myself with Message Board contributors over the coming years. Happy New Year to all meanwhile

[Burgerman]

I met john when I was 14. And flew his aerobatic control line model plane in the summer as a kid. I am 65 in april. So thats 51 years ago...

[JohnnyUK]

@Burgerman - Indeed you did and gave me it back in one piece so I could crash it later. After 51 years you remembered the engine spec and even the size of propeller ... that made me chuckle

[martin007]

Welcome JohnnyUK!

[JohnnyUK]

@Martin007 - thank you

[Burgerman]

What RC gear do you currently use and do you fly with the old miserable useless fossils at beelsby club? I cant. They are scared of me.

[JohnnyUK]

Apologies for late reply just noticed your message. I'm in the midst of selling most of my RC models for various reasons but will keep a few so I can have the occasional dabble if I feel like it. I've got top of the range Hitec Aurora 9X no less, it's better than yours.

I was Secretary of LADMAC based (Strubby) for 3 years they just did my head in so I moved to GADMAC (Swallow) which wasn't much better. I can see why you didn't fit in a Beelsby (only 5 miles from me) not many people are good enough for them. I can't bear to listen to that bunch of opinionated idiots and it's a lousy flying site IMO

[Burgerman]

I've got top of the range Hitec Aurora 9X no less, it's better than yours.

Humour I hope?
Its a cheap plastic case monochrome display low power (just 100mW) 2.4 wifi signal. No LoRa signal, limited to a max of 1 to 2 miles on a good site. Over a city of 2.4ghz wifi fones, wifi routers and the rest at best 1/4 mile. And no redundancy refequency. No 900mhz fallback option. No LoRa signal. And a super basic level of programability in comparison. I wouldnt trust it to fly a foamy from the park even. Where you are surrounded by phones with wif and BT turned on and thosands of wifi routers in all the houses. I certainly wouldnt trust it to drive a wheelchair 3 miles around the town! While I am home. Or with anything fast, or FPV where you fly a long way off.

Its OK for deserted sites nowhere near houses, line of sight.

I will prove how crap it is if you turn up with it and a recever in summer. We will set a failsafe on each. Take a reciever for a walk and leave the TXs in the house.
Yours wont make 3 or 4 houses away. Mine will be rock solid in the town centre... And my telemetry on dual 2.4 LoRa and 900 will show a high RSSI all the time.
Different planet! Single frequency FSK transmission is ok for the beelsby lot!

[Burgerman]

I can see why you didn't fit in a Beelsby (only 5 miles from me) not many people are good enough for them.

I have the opposite problem. I am too good for they.

I fly fast stuff. They already dont like it. I fly rings around them because I did this all my life. And they dont get it and dont like it. I am better prepared, better built and safer models, inc my TX which strictly speaking might not comply exactly... Build quality. Technical understanding. Everything. They really hate it.

If you are an old duffer, love "rules" and like to suck all the fun out of flying or experimenting, (which is the point of doing it) then beelsby is for you. If you are barely capable, the plane flys you. Everything is a near accident. And you love committees, rules, safety, whilst being much more dangerous than me, beelsby is for you. Are you an old boring duffer? Beelsby is for you.

Pretty much like most Clubs. They seem to really destroy the purpose of the hobby. Mostly seem to have an average IQ around room temperature. And they think they know more than they do. And cant function without rules and are like the gestapo.