Day 1: Who Am I and Why in the Heck am I doing a Blog?

Hello Blogosphere !!!  My name is Rick and I am an Addict...

First a Confession.   As of this moment in time I do not own a Quadcopter.  I have never owned a Quadcopter, never flown a Quadcopter and for that matter have never even seen one in person.
But, I have watched hundreds of Internet videos - enough for me to say... "I got to get me some of that".
So, last week I ordered a bunch of parts from Hobby King and will  be building my own Quadcopter.
And hopefully, once I get all the parts and get it working, I will be flying a Quadcopter.

So, this Blog is an attempt to document my addiction, from a noobie whose only exposure is a sniff of Quadcopters via the Internet, to becoming a full blown "monkey on the back" hooked user.

But first a little bit about me: 
I am a retired IT manager who worked for an international energy company.  I am in my early 60's, married, two grown kids and 3 fantastic grandkids.
I have been involved in RC planes and helicopters for only a year or two and have very limited flying skills in both.  Matter of fact, I still can't get my Blade 120 SR heli to do a decent hover for more than a few seconds.

My other aircraft are:

• Dynam Hawk Sky - I have flown this plane twice so far
  
• HobbyZone Champ - I have flown this plane 3 times
  
• Blade 120 SR Helicopter - I have flown it a number of times, but never very successfully. 
  
• Blade Scout - I have flown this many times indoors - too small to fly outdoors
  

I have been a licensed Amateur Radio Operation (Adanced Class) for over 40 years.  My other hobbies are:

• Photography
• Stock Investing/Trading
• Building the occasional home computer
• Juggling

So that is a little bit about me and why I have created this blog.  I hope to document the build and testing of my Quadcopter and post pictures and videos of the constructions and eventual flights.

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