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Article #127Re: Chicago RC Racing - Carpet Racing
From: kenji
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:32
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:32
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In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>, "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote: > kenji wrote: > > > In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, > > "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote: > > > >> Michele wrote: > >> > >>> kenji wrote: > >>>> The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. > >>>> Now in our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored > >>>> racers find a race every week. > >>>> > >>>> Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL > >>>> > >>>> http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com > >>>> > >>>> Visit us on rctech.net too: > >>>> > >>>> > <http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground > >>>> -rc-race-track-chicago-41.html> > >>>> > >>>> See us on YouTube: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc > >>> > >>> > >>> I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping. It's > >>> only exciting if you're the rider. Or in this case, driver. > >> > >> > >> kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and > >> watch while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!" > >> > >> I'd rather watch potholes form, basically... > > > > you build airplanes? Electric or nitro? > > > > cool. > > > > Where do you fly? > > > > We have three planes and four heli's. > > > > RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC > > > I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but they > basically just hang around and collect dust. They are civil airliners, > everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in various Asian liveries. > > Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux. If you have the bux > there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from wood, the kind > you used to see in travel agency or airline office (remember them!?) > windows, those can run up to a thou or more... > > Basically I am a geek at heart... come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem on Lawrence
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