ok so ive been watching youtube videos and lurking on here for about a year now and finally went to an actual in person meetup. honestly thought it was gonna be like super intimidating with everyone showing off their crazy builds but it was just a bunch of normal dudes standing in a field talking about motors and batteries for like 2 hours before anyone even flew anything lol

the flying itself was cool though. someone let me take a few punches on their 5inch which was insane, i completely binned it into a tree on my second pack but the guy was super chill about it which i did not expect. i think im addicted now. anyway if youre on the fence about going to one of these things just go, the people are way more welcoming than the internet makes them seem sometimes

haha the standing around talking for hours before flying is so real. every meetup i've been to its like 80% hanging out and 20% actual flying and honestly that ends up being the best part. you pick up so much just from random conversations

which meetup was this? theres a few groups around here and ive been meaning to find one but never sure which ones are actually active vs just a facebook group that hasnt posted since 2021