Thought I'd tell you folks a little something...

In addition to what I normally do outside of fictional writing and college, I'm an avid RC hobbyist. For those of you who don't know that terminology, RC stands for Remote (or Radio) Control. What does that mean, exactly?

For me, I fly scale model airplanes. My dad was the first that got into the hobby, then I followed in on that after he passed on his first plane to me, which was already in rough shape after a few gnarly tumbles. We all expect to be rough on our first time doing anything.

After that, he bought a few more planes, and I had a couple of my own as well. The first one (Hobbyzone Firebird Stratos) didn't do so well on its last legs. The second one (E-Flite Apprentice) I got much more consistent flights from, but I still had a few issues with. My current plane (Multiplex FunCub) I've been having a lot of fun with.

You can see more pictures of it in the album here.

It's a thrilling, yet expensive, hobby. There are so many aspects to RC with respect to greater innovations, like FPV (First-Person View). RC also isn't limited to planes as well. There's RC cars, boats, helicopters, quadcopters and multirotors (I'd like to call them polycopters).

Needless to say, the RC industry has given lots of people an in to the hobby with these outstanding inventions. I'm sure there's a few other RC hobbyists in this community as well. If you're one of them, kudos to you.

Here are a few favorite videos of mine relative to RC flight:

Enjoy!