WHO THE HELI IS THIS GUY?

Yup – Here is the funny face behind this web site taking advantage of a calm winter day - getting some flight time in of course.

I really didn’t think I needed a page “about me”; however, I also realize that some people like to put a face with the name to see if "is this guy for real or what".

I personally know when I am on a web site, it is nice knowing there is a real person behind all that writing.

So why do I claim to be an RC helicopter expert – hey I never claimed that. There are radio controlled helicopter pilots who could fly circles around me. There are aeronautical helicopter engineers who can teach you way more theory than I ever could.

I am simply an ordinary person and average flier who loves the RC helicopter hobby and wants to help others experience that same love and passion. My views might be a bit different too.

For instance, I believe in getting good quality equipment to start with and then grow with it. Most advertisements I see today are focused on cheap low quality beginner helicopters that you will out grow in a few months.

I have been an RC junkie since I was ten or so. I started with RC cars and then got into RC planes when I was fourteen – bless my dad for driving me to the flying field almost every weekend.

I can’t thank him enough for the support in those early years when I thought I knew everything, but now realize I knew next to nothing – sound familiar...

I saw a RC helicopter flying once at the flying field and I was hooked from then on. After several more years of flying RC planes I got my first helicopter and 20 years later - guess what, I still love it!

I still fly RC planes and race nitro RC cars to this day, but neither come close to the passion I have for RC helicopters. The challenge of building and flying a heli simply makes this hobby the most rewarding and fun.

I use to fly aerobatics, but since my reflexes have slowed down a bit, my main focus is on scale flying now.

Truth be known, I was always sweating bullets while doing aerobatics, wondering if the helicopter would be coming home in one piece or many. I find scale much more relaxing and I love real helicopters, so for me scale makes the most sense.