John got a radio controlled mini-plane from Grammie and Gramps for his birthday. Click on the video to see how quickly he caught on. Not bad for an RC plane with no control surfaces. It uses the difference in the thrust between the two props to steer.
Yesterday we took the plane over to the park next to our house and had a great time. We did find that even with full power we are still weak on the launch. So we got on top of one of the small hills in the park to launch the plane. You can see this small hill at the end of the video.
We shot the video on John's small Nikon and roughly put it together using Windows Movie Maker that came with Mommy's new Vista PC. It was fast and easy, but not even then not as versatile as iMovie 2003 on the iMac upstairs.
The "landings" have been a little hard, but thankfully the plane is up to the task. We have also reinforced the nose with clear tape.
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