A fantastic extension on RC flying is flying off of water. Seeing your model come up on the step, splashing water spray, then gently lifting from the water surface, leaving a stream of water trickling off the floats as it climbs away... is awesome. Landings are no less spectacular, culminating in a 1/3 throttle high speed taxi back to shore, skimming on the surface of the water. When you cut the throttle at the shore, it settles down into the water with a large spray of water, rocking forward, and gently settling onto the shore bank in front of you. Pretty stunning.
In Arizona, we have fewer opportunities for this type of flying than our RC brethren in the Northwest and East, but you still can float-fly, and it's no less fun! In this series, I'll review the collective float-flying wisdom from the RC literature and add to that the comments of several Internet float-flying denizens, and a few tidbits from my own float flying experience (although with 1/2A free flight and control line. Yes, I said control line... grin).