Remote Control

Building RC models shaped my imagination

When I was a teenager I was obsessed with remote-control airplanes and boats.

This is high-school-age me with a Hobie Hawk, a two-servo glider with elliptical dihedral. The kit was invented by Hobart Alter, the same guy who created the Hobie catamaran.

It had heavy wing loading, so was a fast flier. But I didn’t fly it much because I lost it in a forest…