Whoo hoo!
TODAY, I've been a member of RCGroups for a whole 365 days! So, i'm going to write a little ''thank you letter'' to all of the very nice members of RCG that helped me out through my first year as a member.
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The day was August 20, 2006. I was really getting into this hobby and I decided to join an R/C Airplane Forum. I searched around the internet for a good, active forum, and every forum I found wasn't good. And then, I found good ole' RCGroups! I clicked on the link and it brought me to a nice and friendly forum. I clicked on the ''register'' button and I took a good 15 minutes trying to think of a good user name. I came up with ''Megatech Man''. Which was the most ''lame'' name I could ever think of.
Once my account was active, I posted my first thread... the title was, ''Im new to flying and need help with something''. In this thread, I asked ''newbie'' questions about my first plane, the Megatech Airstrike (hence the name Megatech Man). Well, about a day later I found out that the Megatech Airstrike was one of the worst beginner planes you can get. Everybody was trying to talk me out of maidening it and everybody was telling me to buy a Slow Stick. Which I REALLY hated. So, guess what I did... I maidened my Airstrike anyway, on September 3, 2006.
Of course, I crashed it with in 5 seconds. But the damage was only a broken propeller and a couple scuffs on the nose.
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