New G6 for Christmas

[TJDukit]

Yay. The wife got me a G6 kit for Christmas. She actually gave it to me over a week ago so I had something to tinker with. I'll get some pictures up here in a few once my son goes to bed but I can tell I'm going to have a bunch of with this thing.

Edit: For Carl's sake, this is an Axial SCX10 G6 Wrangler. Not to be confused with a Pontiac or if you are Russ some random plane that flys around unsuspecting storms.

 

[I Lean]

Is it a car, an airplane, a tablet, or something else?

 

[TJDukit]

Damnit Carl...It's an Axial SCX10 G6 Wrangler.

 

[Toad]

I thought it was a Pontiac G6. I would not be bragging about that! I was thinking you must have pissed your wife off or something. Good to hear you got something cool.

 

[Rock Taco]

I'm sure you're feeling fly.

[video=youtube;w4s6H4ku6ZY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4s6H4ku6ZY[/video]

 

[rholbrook]

In all of us that appreciate RAP world, a G6 is a Gulfstream. It's sung about in a lot of songs. If you are somebody, you could only be seen in one, no way you would get caught in a Lear, Citation or any other lame ass jet.

 

[glockman]

The breadth of Russ knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

 

[TJDukit]

Here's what it looks like now.

 

[rholbrook]

The breadth of Russ knowledge never ceases to amaze me.

. I grew up with a father that has always had his own planes. He loved to fly. He had everything from the very populate Cessna 172s on up to the 421, 414 and his favorite, a 340 with what they called the Rocket conversion. It had radar and if he couldn't go over the storm, it was fast enough to go around it. That Rocket Conversion made that twin really fast. I spent a lot of time in the right seat with my dad over the years. His big Twins had a ceiling of almost 30K feet and ranges of 6 or so hours. If we crossed an ocean, we took commercial if we stayed on the North and Central American Continents we took his plane. With the rocket conversion, his 340 would cruise in the mid 300 mph. With a good tail wind which isn't uncommon when going from west to east, it would easily push nearly 400 mph. My oldest brother flies private and corporate planes. He has over 15K hours in the skies flying everything from Grand Canyon Tours to Life Flight's Mitsubishi MU-2s, Lear 24 and 26, Saberliners, Boeing 737 and the last 5 years he has been flying a Gulfstream G5 and G6

i spent a lot of time at municipal airports growing up. My very favorite plane to ride in, my brother had a sail plane. You have to go do it.

 

[jeeper]

I always get looked down on when flying in my Lear jet. I always thought it was because my Russion butler, but I guess it's my choice in jets.

 

[TJDukit]

Original post edited to reflect what we have all learned here.

 

[Gravy]

but this is so much more interesting than an RC

 

[TJDukit]

but this is so much more interesting than an RC

Airplanes are dumb.

 

[Kevin B.]

Airplanes are dumb.

So what I hear you saying is that you need an RC plane.

 

[TJDukit]

So what I hear you saying is that you need an RC plane.

You're as dumb as planes.

 

[UNSTUCK]

You're as dumb as planes.

Most of us are not smart enough to know what that means. Can you elaborate?

 

[TJDukit]

I would if I knew...