snowboyd

I am currently flying a small RC electric glider and am reasonably experienced with different conditions.

I want to move to an electric plane with airelons for the first time. I thought a piper cub should be ok. But I have seen people talk about it not being a good plane for beginners (usually talking about gas with ground takeoff). Should I heed their advice, or wont it be too big an issue?

I have no problem with beginner type planes in FMS flight simulator.

Look forward to your thoughts...

Leo L

I don't know of any Cubs that are currently on the market that would be a good beginner plane. Generally, the Cub is considered an intermediate trainer: a good second plane. The one exception might be the new Cub being introduced later this spring or early summer by HobbyZone. From the descriptions, it sounds like a better beginner's plane than their Firebird Freedom. If you can wait until it is released, it might be the way to go for you. If not, then I would suggest that you consider some of the truly good beginner planes: SloStick; Slow-V; Aerobird Challenger; T-hawk; SkyFly; EasyStar; etc.

mudpuppy

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