Big Jolt 2015 Post Game Report
If you’ve never been to an all electric model airplane event, it’s an experience. These type of events bring all sorts of different kinds of modelers ranging from guys who love pure scale (like myself) to others who just love to build atypical type models that you wouldn’t even expect to see fly let alone built, but it’s awesome and always unique. Of course, you still get the range of 3D fliers too, but most importantly, you get a bunch of folks sharing what they love and having a good time which is always the sign of a good event.
Big Jolt is a Southern California event that’s been going for the last few years and has been a pretty popular electric model airplane fly-in. Though not an event I’ve been a regular attendee of the last few years, I decided to go this year and I’m glad I did. Unfortunately the numbers were down from years past but there was still plenty of fun to be had! Hosted by PVMAC in Chino, CA, it’s an immaculate field with a huge 800 ft runway (same location as Wings Over Prado from earlier this year) so it’s always worth the drive!
What struck me this year was the variety of aircraft that Continue reading