Fpv, rc, ground and air crafts have a special place in my life. I’ve grown up with them as a hobby since I was 12 yes old. At 14 I was competitively racing RC cars around the world. I was involved with tech support and r&d from my early teen years and experienced things that
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Im an aircraft mechanic and love aviation. Flying drones has helped me cope with ptsd after my military service by giving me something that requires focus and attentiveness and making it easier to talk to people who were also into the hobby and socialize as a whole. It’s a surreal feeling flying fpv I put
Noah (blks*@*hoo.com) Read More »
Flying has been my anti anxiety. I have severe panic disorders and social anxiety. Due to the community I have been able to overcome my social anxiety quite a bit. My panic attacks have gotten better as I started building and flying. This is a must for me to continue.
I’ve been flying fpv since around 2013, now I do agree that some locations shouldn’t be flown, such as public parks. But most of those places we are not suppose to fly already have laws restricting flight. I think we just need licensing and proper education to be allowed to fly a store bough gps
Jordan Temkin (jote*@*ail.com) Read More »
Sets my head straight – leisurely flights through the forest and mountainous areas are peaceful and helps alleviate the stresses we are surrounded with.
FPV (First Person View Drones) is not just a hobby for me, nor is it just my full time business. To me, FPV is the perfect opportunity to change the way in which children learn physics, circuits, math, coding, engineering, and art. Building a drone can provide children with different strategies to apply complex concepts
Jennifer Minas (jenn*@*fpv.com) Read More »
I am a 54 year old male with a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (also BSME and MSME from U of Ark and U of Texas respectively). I am currently employed and a computational physicist at a Department of Energy (DOE) lab in Albuquerque NM involved in code development for High Energy
One of the things that bring happiness into my life is building, modifying and operating radio controlled vehicles and aircraft; It always has. It’s relaxing, therapeutic and indeed educational to myself and it allows me to assist others with their hobby interests when the opportunity arises. I look forward to receiving my next RC project
John Cagle (John*@*hoo.Com) Read More »
Flying matters to me because it is my time to be creative and let all the stress of normal day to day stressors go away. This hobby has given me a reason and a purpose to continue to be productive and also given me an outlet to learn new things daily. 99% of my friendships
Jamie B. (jhbu*@*hoo.com) Read More »
I have been fascinated with airplanes and flying since I was about 9 years old. ( I am now 76). I built my first control line airplane out of balsa and thread to the handle with an .049 engine. Then my interest became radio control of fixed wing airplanes and mostly gliders. I first saved
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My son (now 20) introduced me to scratch building. It was a “re-introduction” to model aviation for me… something wasveryshort lived when I was a child. Chris excitedly told me about this cool you-tube site where they were making and flying model planes. Recalling my experience, I sadly said, “they don’t work, they crash and
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