Thanks for the summary of your hobby history. My dad also introduced me to the hobby. We have a few kids flying with us. But I've come to accept it may not be a hobby that lasts forever. I run a model airplane program at my local middle school to share and promote the hobby. But at the same time, I plan on continuing to enjoy the hobby as long as I can. Thanks for watching.

I'm good friends with the current owner of Peck here in Connecticut. The company is still going strong. We all do our best to encourage younger people to participate, but in the meantime, we're going to enjoy the hobby for ourselves until the end. Thanks for watching.

It isn't going to be around for long by the looks of it.

@@thomgizziz That may be true, but it will be around for me until I'm unable to build and fly. 🙂

I wanna try experimenting with a 3d printer in vase mode to make it easier

@519CZRacer I was there in the mid nineties a few times. My Gee-Bee R-1 impressed Bob and I gave it to him. It sat on top of the filing cabinet. I was in my mid 30s then.

It's a fun hobby. Lots of really nice laser kits available now. I say give it a go! Thanks for watching.

That is what this is a bunch of old people trying to recapture the past.

@@thomgizziz and boy do we have fun!

Thank you Duke. We have a microphone mitten to help with wind noise for next year. Thanks for watching.

Thank you Lindsay. Hope to see you and Rita there next year!

@@Watchingthevideos99 we will see you next year!

😂😂😂 Thank you Nick. And yes, I try my best to grin and bear it. Just trying to share my hobby, but I'm not a pro at this video thing. Thanks for watching.

It's a great hobby and we have lots of fun. A great group of talented people. Thanks for watching.

It was a fun event Cliff. Had a great time with lots of talented modelers.

It's a fun hobby and there's lots of great people involved. Thanks for watching.

Glad this was motivating. Start building! 🙂

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

Yes, many decided not to fly. Those pilots were brave!

Great story John. Sounds like you had some fun with your models. The hobby is still going and we have a lot of fun at this event. Thanks for watching.

@@Watchingthevideos99 Thanks for posting this! And kudos to the model builders! Those are some gorgeous planes and the craftsmanship is incredible.

Thank you so much and thanks for watching!

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

And we're still climbing trees. 😂🤣😂😂😂

Thanks for watching Jeffery.

Some talented modelers for sure. We have lots of fun. Thanks for viewing.

😂😂😂 indeed.

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Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

You're welcome and thank you Bill. Sorry it's a bit on the amateur side, but I'm just a retired guy enjoying my hobby with friends. We sure do have a lot of fun. Glad you enjoyed my video and thanks for watching.

It's a fun time. Thanks for watching!

Check out the Flying Aces Club website. They have a map of all the club chapters. There may be a chapter close by.

Thank you Matthew. Was that you in that beautiful Beech Staggerwing?

The wind was only an issue on the first day. Sorry I didn't have a microphone mitten, but I do now! Yes, we sure have fun. Thanks so much for the comment and for watching.

Thanks for watching. A fun week of free flight flying.

Thank you. Yes, a great group of talented people. It's always fun to get together and fly. Not only for the modeling aspect, but the social aspect as well. Thanks for watching!

It's a wonderful hobby. Build on!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching.

Thanks for viewing. We have lots of fun.

We certainly have fun. :)

The B-24 landed fine. The pilot was waving his arms to let the timer know it was down. The twin is not a DC-3 but another airliner. Thanks for watching.

Joe, maybe smaller in numbers, but we sure still have a lot of fun! Lots of small kit manufacturers online with some quality kits. Thanks for watching.

@@Watchingthevideos99 I'll have to look.

Peck Polymers, Volare Model Products and Easy Built are a good place to start, but there are more. Have fun.

@@Watchingthevideos99 Thanks. I'll follow up on those.

You're welcome, Dan. Thanks for watching.

We have a lot of fun.

Hi Richard. There were children there. A young fellow up to visit his grandfather from NYC and he was flying a model. A local grandma brought her youngest grandchild to see some of the warplanes. He was gifted a little easy-to-build model that he immediately started flying. There were also 2 boy scouts up from Maryland for the 2nd year in a row. very impressed with their focus on learning from the experienced builder flyers. There were a few young adult flyers, but certainly not enough! We do wish more had been done to promote the event locally and I believe more locals may have brought their kids. The flying was impressive. Thank you!

Yes, these models certainly do take some time and effort. There are some nice kits available these days with laser cut parts. Maybe you could give it another try? It's a fun hobby. Thanks for watching.

Finish that Cub!

Wish we had more kids in the hobby. This hobby has given me so much over my lifetime. The ones that do get involved really enjoy it.

Yes, some talented people for sure! Thanks for watching.

We have a lot of fun. :)

You're welcome. Have fun with your projects and thanks for watching.

Thank you and thanks for watching!

That first day was tough. I managed three flights with a peanut with long chases. The remaining days were much better but we did have a thunderstorm pass one afternoon.

Thanks for watching.

So glad to hear that! It's a great group of people. Plan on attending with your grandson next year! thanks for watching.

Yes indeed.

Martin, we do have younger people involved in the hobby and we'd enjoying seeing more! You're off to a good start building Guillows and a P30. You might see if there's a Flying Aces Club near you and try and hook up with them. There's a link in the description and a map showing all the clubs. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the comment Rob. I too fly a bit of radio but my passion is the challenge of a stick and tissue model. Thanks for taking the time to watch. John

Thank you, and thanks for watching.

Some very talented modelers for sure.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you, Ken. Sorry, I have no control over the ads. We start our 2023-2024 flying season in October and hope to post more videos of our flying antics. Thanks for watching.

Indeed. 😂

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try. On my handheld camera the two microphones are just under the lense so it may be tricky.

There's actually a few and a couple of them are pretty tough competitors! Thanks for watching.

I'm not familiar with the Harald J Towner models. Are they free flight scale models? When were they produced? Thanks for watching.

@@Watchingthevideos99 They were designed from the 30's to the 70's in Britain. Some were sold by Astral. I believe all were free flight with rubber or i/c engines. On outerzone, searching for "Towner" all the models come up. I have a personal attachment so I am trying to work my way through them. It is work for decades, but building is fun!

Really only the first day. By the third day, it was fairly calm. But the heat and humidity was really tough to deal with. Thanks for watching.

Thank you so much. And thanks for watching!

@@Watchingthevideos99 Any site to get such models plans???

Yes indeed. You can get lost at Outerzone. Over 14,000 plans. outerzone.co.uk/ Also be sure and check out the Flying Aces Club website. flyingacesclub.com/

certainly a good way to go!

Bad idea. You need to feel the rubber.

If you held the winder in one hand and wound it with a cordless drill in the other hand, would the hand that is holding the winder not feel the tension developing in the rubber band and thus provide that feedback?

There are events that Jetex could be flown and occasionally you might see a Jetex powered scale model. But there were none flown this year. I believe there is someone making a new fuel for Jetex engines, but I don't have any details. An interesting aspect of the hobby for sure. Thanks for watching.

Wow, you fly compressed air Paul? Cool. They are usually flown the power scale event. You might see the Taube floatplane in the video. That was flying CO2 for power. A few years ago a moder had a old school compressed air job with the plastic soda bottle in the fuselage. Pretty cool stuff.

A good majority of the models in the video were built using only plans. There are several companies that sell kits. Guillows did offer a kit for the B-17 but I believe it no longer does but you might find one on Ebay.

That would certainly be a winning subject!

Yes indeed. The first day was tough. But conditions improved quite a bit over the next few days. But it sure was hot and humid!

Yes, the first day of the meet was quite windy. I think only half of the contestants flew the WWI event because of the wind, including me. Thanks for watching.

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I have several build videos on my channel. Several other really good channels out there too. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. We have a lot of fun. Now we have laser cut kits available.

Kevin, check out the Flying Aces website and dive right in! . flyingacesclub.com/

The hobby has evolved quite a bit over the years with several factors improving performance. Models are built quite light these days so small cross section motors can be used with less tension. The rubber itself has been formulated to have excellent energy properties. Long motors are used and the rubber is braided to shorten the loop length to a reasonable amount. This braiding also allows for a long loop of rubber to be used in a short nacelle like on the B-24 Liberator. You can learn more about the Flying Aces Club at their website flyingacesclub.com/ Many other KZfaq videos on this topic. Also, some great laser cut kits available. Check out some here. www.wind-it-up.com/

Thanks so very much for all the info! Tomorrow I will be 61 .... definitely getting old. That said, I am starting to pick back up some of my old hobbies. I even found a much of my old U-control motors (cox 049 .. enya 15 ...) .. though I would probably just get dizzy and fall over if I tried that now. I use to love building balsa planes ... I can still remember the smell of dope filling the basement air. Very few more satisfying things than to wind up a plane and watch if fly around a field. Definitely something I will look into . Thanks again so much for the info! @@Watchingthevideos99

@@xtalvt You're welcome! It's a fun hobby and if you can connect with one of the Flying Aces chapters, you'll get lots of help. We're generally a pretty friendly group just out to have fun with model airplanes. You'll find a map of club locations on the FAC website. Have fun!

Some do use a power drill, but most use the mechanical winders. It gives a better feel of what the rubber motor is doing. And using the mechanical winders is not all that hard to do. The torque on the rubber goes crazy high when you get close to the breaking point, and you'll feel that with the mechanical winders. This prevents a lot of pilots from breaking the motors which is not a pretty sight with these models. You don't get that "feel" with a power tool. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

Give it a go! Check out the Flying Aces website. There's also some really nice laser cut kits available these days. And with your RC experience, you'll find free flight easy to get into and offer some new, fun building and flying challenges.

Many of these models were built from plans. You can find 100's of plans here for free: outerzone.co.uk/index.asp There are several places on line to find kits, here are a few: www.wind-it-up.com/ volareproducts.com/wordpress/ easybuiltmodels.com/#gsc.tab=0

@@Watchingthevideos99 thanks very much ! maybe very useful information for many

@@BHARGAV_GAJJAR You are welcome.

Check out the Flying Aces Club! flyingacesclub.com/