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Article #131Re: Chicago RC Racing - Carpet Racing
From: kenji
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:54
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:54
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In article <ftSdndxQEciLs0PXnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayflycsa@csaok.cz> wrote: > kenji wrote: > > > 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 > > > BTW about 15 years ago a friend who worked for TWA in St. Louis took me to a > *real* flying simulator at their HQ at Lambert Field there, it was one of > their 747 simulators that pilots used to train on. We "landed" at London > Gatwick... > > Corporate security was pretty lax in those daze, you could not get away with > that shit now... I'll bet yer in The Mile High Club
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