Big Boys' Toys

One thing I would love to do one day is to learn to fly R/C planes. Every year the WA Model Aircraft Sports Center puts on a weekend-long show, with all sorts of planes, drones, helicopters on display, both on the ground, and in the air. Last year we took a wonder down to the show in Whiteman Park, and stuck around to see some of the planes.

The level of detail, craftsmanship, and money that goes into some of these works of art would make me terrified to even fly one. A lot of them are built from the ground up, off plan, and can take hundreds of hours to construct before getting into the air.


This Airbus A330 was by far the biggest of the planes on display. That's my 11-year old sone next to it to give you an idea of the size.

Some of these models were really beatiful to look at, and made me want to get into the hobby even more.

But of all the plane there, this jet was by far the most expensive, coming in at $30000 (yes, 30 Grand!!!), and flew incredible fast. The pilot was a real dare-devil, and was really showing off to the max. Apparently he has crashed it quite a few times, and spent about half the price of the plane on repairs.

Just think how much STEEM he could have bought instead!!

I'll have to stick to watching from the sidelines for now. Maybe one day when my STEEM ship comes in, and have some spare time on my hands I'll give this a go. It looks like a lot of fun!!

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