Personal background:
I grew up in Taxachusetts/Cow Hampshire and spent my summers at my dad’s bicycle frame shop building airplanes, driving/breaking/fixing RC cars, and removing skin from my appendages by falling off of skateboards. I raced 1/24 scale slot cars with my dad at a local track and developed a bit of a competitive mindset doing that. Growing up and through high school I worked on my old Jeep, computers, and hung out with friends near the NH/MA border. In the fall of 2006 I entered Worcester Polytechnic Institute and got my degree in the fall of 2010 in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Design. During that time I was able to work on many exciting academic projects including the Formula SAE racecar. Since graduating, I have worked at a small company in southern NH who makes products for the laser industry.
RC background:
I started flying RC when I was about 12 years old in the good old glow-powered 72 mhz days. I enjoyed learning to fly for a summer, and then flying the old airplanes my dad had kept since the 70’s. After that time I worked into 3D and IMAC mostly, with planes ranging from 40 sized profiles to 80cc gas planes to 150cc IMAC aircraft. Over the course of about 6 years I worked through the IMAC classes and started flying Unlimited in 2009. In 2010 with more free time and money available I started to fly a bit more and take on some sponsorships and really embrace all that the hobby has to offer. Since then I have been able to really take advantage of what the hobby has to offer and have been fortunate enough to work with the best companies in the business
Sponsors
- Extreme Flight RC
- Twisted Hobbys/RCFactory
- Desert Aircraft
- Spot-On USA/Secraft USA/Savox through Aztech Aeromodels
- Weatronic
- Castle Creations
RC Interests:
- IMAC
- Competition freestyle/artistic aerobatics
- 3D/XA flying for fun
- Design
- FPV
- 3D helicopters
- Sailplanes
Fleet (I have too many damn toys to list but I’ll give the main things I fly):
- Twisted Hobbys Crack Turbo Beaver, Crack Yak, Crack Pitts/Crack Pitts Mini, Crack Laser, MXS-C, Crack Yak SuperLight, 4 more prototypes
- ExtremeFlight 60″ Laser EXP
- ExtremeFlight 91″ Yak 54 EXP
- ExtremeFlight 104″ Extra 300
- Carden 118″ Extra 330S
- Dalton 123″ Extra 300 MEL (in build)
- PAU 50cc Pitts Challenger, electric
- Libelle DLG
- T-rex 450
- Sebart Mig 29 3D EDF
Favorite thing about RC:
The euphoric feeling you get driving home in the dark after an awesome evening/day of flying
Other hobbies:
- Computers/gaming/video editing
- Mountain biking
- Snowboarding