Getting Started with Your Very Own Towel

A big part of the Towel is personal responsibilty. You are building something from scratch, meaning that it is created from fairly raw materials with your intelligence and drive being the force for success or failure. This is not a Nintendo Wii, this is real physics, your real intelligence and your technical skills. You can come build with us but most of you will not. That is a challenge for all concerned. We are here to help, not hold your hand. The best place to get questions answered is the Brooklyn Aerodrome Group

Brooklyn Aerodrome is not a hobby shop. So get your own parts. We are willing to sell you parts that are stupidly expensive for volume reasons. Those parts include blue foam and coroplast, but get 10 people to join in and you will be good to go for a $50 bundle of blue foam (20 sheets, 35 towels). If you still want a complet hardware kit, then it will be $200 + shiping. Enough grumpyness, lets get started.

Parts: HobbyKing

HobbyKing is the current cheapest way to get a plane flying. As soon as some one wants the fancy bit of kit I will figure out the $400 replacement version that is more standard; send me email to the effect. Be warned though that shipping times can be a month or more and that the radio requires a PC running XP or Vista to be programmed and it can be a hassle to get the serial cable working and the software found/downloaded/installed. Also shipping is very expensive. If you are building with Brooklyn Aerodrome and are patient, then this is the suggested gear. Before ordering check with the Google group that you are square with the latest and greatest setup--it changes often.

• Prop, Motor and Speed Control Combo
• Spare props, get the pack.
• Lipo battery pack: Get a few if you are sure to be flying a lot.
• Transmitter/Reciever
• Download transmitter software.
• Serial to USB connector
• Servos, get 2, but 3 or 4 would be a good idea since they can strip in a crash
• Propellor Saver
• Charger if you are not flying with us