stangflyer
I like 'em "BIG"!
Just putting the quandary out there.
I was at the field a week and a half ago just doing my thing...as usual. For the most part, the guys out there are pretty awesome. They usually come up to my son @Shayne Epley and I and actually thank us for giving them a really cool show. (Not that we're super amazing or anything) We just like to have fun and so many of the older gents, (younger too) enjoy watching us do our "thing" while flying. However there was this one fellow that I overheard while I was tossing the PAU around like a rag dolly. He said, "He's too old to be flying like that"! Well, I just blew it off and I didn't let it bother me. (I usually do that-don't let comments bother me) I had to figure that maybe he was just upset cuz he didn't get his Wheaties that morning. Or maybe, his glow plane wouldn't start. Dunno... At any rate, I got to thinking...."Is there really an age at which we should stop "Hucking" or flying 3D aerobatics? Look at all the younger crowds that are coming into this hobby. Holy moly, I wish I could fly half as good as they do. But seriously, its all about having fun right? 3D aerobatics are just fun for me. I've done the circle burning in the sky with my glow, (shudder) planes. This...this I really enjoy. Personally, if I am able to...I will be "beating" my planes up well into the next 20 years.....
So what do you all think? Should there be an age limit on acting so damn irresponsible with an r/c airplane while flying it? (I think that is what some people must think) Is there an age that a person is "Too old to Huck"? Is there an age at which time, You really are, too old to be flying like that?
I was at the field a week and a half ago just doing my thing...as usual. For the most part, the guys out there are pretty awesome. They usually come up to my son @Shayne Epley and I and actually thank us for giving them a really cool show. (Not that we're super amazing or anything) We just like to have fun and so many of the older gents, (younger too) enjoy watching us do our "thing" while flying. However there was this one fellow that I overheard while I was tossing the PAU around like a rag dolly. He said, "He's too old to be flying like that"! Well, I just blew it off and I didn't let it bother me. (I usually do that-don't let comments bother me) I had to figure that maybe he was just upset cuz he didn't get his Wheaties that morning. Or maybe, his glow plane wouldn't start. Dunno... At any rate, I got to thinking...."Is there really an age at which we should stop "Hucking" or flying 3D aerobatics? Look at all the younger crowds that are coming into this hobby. Holy moly, I wish I could fly half as good as they do. But seriously, its all about having fun right? 3D aerobatics are just fun for me. I've done the circle burning in the sky with my glow, (shudder) planes. This...this I really enjoy. Personally, if I am able to...I will be "beating" my planes up well into the next 20 years.....
So what do you all think? Should there be an age limit on acting so damn irresponsible with an r/c airplane while flying it? (I think that is what some people must think) Is there an age that a person is "Too old to Huck"? Is there an age at which time, You really are, too old to be flying like that?
