ORIGINAL: Rob2160
ORIGINAL: telejojo
Most of them now are toys cheap foamys that you buy,charge bat. and go fly and will survive most crashes,no building or tuning.
Ain't life grand!!!
Best fun I've ever had for 80 Bucks. 1 Hour to build..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruiuZahglQk[/youtube]
And this one.. 69 Bucks.. 30 minutes to build..
It now has over 1000 flights.. that is 5000 minutes, over 80 HOURS in the air.. completely flawless..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUr81q8hqpg[/youtube]
My First RC aircraft cost me over $400, was a low performance high wing trainer.. took 3 months to build and never flew as well as the above aircraft..
To each his own but for me its a NO BRAINER..ARF and BNF Foamies win hands down..
This one cost $300, took 20 minutes to build and absolutely BLOWS AWAY ANY of the Glo Plug BALSA planes I flew over the past 30 years..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxEoGUIf0E[/youtube]
Its not surprising that the arf flies better. It was built by experts and is most likely the result of several failed attempts.
But what did you learn from it? How to push buttons and manipulate levers.
Most of us fail on our first attempts to complete a complex task. But those that quit after the first attempt usually wind up a failure in life.