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Favorite Trainer - 8/18/2003 7:24:33 AM   
Trombe


 

Posts: 782
Joined: 10/27/2002
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Status: offline 		LT-40 !!!!

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Favorite Trainer - 8/20/2003 4:41:44 AM   
Throttle


 

Posts: 196
Joined: 6/4/2002
From: Lufkin, TX, USA
Status: offline 		I learned on the Debonair. I love this plane, it's a S.P.A.D.

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Favorite Trainer - 8/20/2003 5:26:22 AM   
smokinghole42



Posts: 100
Joined: 8/18/2003
From: berry, WI, USA
Status: offline 		I love my Xtra Easy. I've used it as a trainer, a "bomber" with a dropbox, a floatplane this summer with US Aircore floats, and i use it as an instructor plane when new guys come down to the field and find out that they have to do things to thier airplanes before they can fly.

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Favorite Trainer - 8/21/2003 2:48:17 AM   
offroadnut


 

Posts: 27
Joined: 3/4/2003
From: Van Buren, CA, USA
Status: offline 		i was thinking about getting a thunder tiger trainer 60 ARF, I am a newbie to planes and I just wondered if anyone has had anything good/bad to say about it. I have r/c nitro trucks and such for several yrs now, so i am not totally new to nitro. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Favorite Trainer - 8/21/2003 3:14:43 AM   
Montague



Posts: 4672
Joined: 4/19/2002
From: Laurel, MD,
Status: offline 		Of the various trainers that my students have shown up with, I happen to prefer the Alpha. Though as others have said, there isn't all that much of a difference among most of them.


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Favorite Trainer - 8/21/2003 3:26:20 AM   
jneesy



Posts: 505
Joined: 6/18/2002
From: horton, AL, USA
Status: offline 		lt40

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Favorite Trainer - 8/24/2003 1:34:50 AM   
offroadnut


 

Posts: 27
Joined: 3/4/2003
From: Van Buren, CA, USA
Status: offline 		Ive think ive decided on a trainer but would like more input. The Hobbico mkIII arf 60. I know lots of ppl go with the smaller plane, but I wanted something I could use a bigger motor in, (for future use) so I could use it in a war-bird. Am I making a good choice?? (I plan on getting a .61 2 stroke, and a 6 channel radio) I know all of you have different opinions on this so plz shout them my way. If u think its too big, am I taking on too much, etc, etc, etc. Thanks

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Favorite Trainer - 8/24/2003 2:06:12 AM   
dalolyn



Posts: 405
Joined: 6/16/2002
From: wilber, NE, USA
Status: offline 		My favorite is the balsa USA stick .40 I learned to fly with one, and have taught others as well. I think there are a lot of good trainers out there and there is no one plane that is the best . the old-timers I grew up with Had a different choice of trainers than is out there now. years back
arfs were unheard of. Sig, Goldberg,sterling, balsa USA, and many others made good kits for trainers. A lot of which I have flown. I have also recently purchased a falcon already built and it was a very crappy job of building can't even say I had one good flight. The end came when the firewall tore loose when I was ready to take off. the moral is, even with this type trainer model. this plane would not have been good for anyone. but the falcon IS a very stable plane when built and setup correctly

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Favorite Trainer - 8/24/2003 2:54:19 AM   
BWooster



Posts: 244
Joined: 10/19/2002
From: Edmonton, AB,
Status: offline 		This is a little different from the others: Sig R/C Rascal with a Norvel .061.

Advantages: low-cost, fast building and simple to fly. My 8 and 10 year-old daughters have flown mine.

I think a lot of beginners get discouraged by powerful, fast aircraft.

Just my two bits.

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60 size trainer... - 8/24/2003 3:22:54 AM   
Phi3l



Posts: 136
Joined: 1/24/2003
From: Anoka, MN, USA
Status: offline 		offroadnut:

I think your choice of a 60 size trainer is a good one. For one thing, being a larger airplane, it will be easier to see when your instructor (you are planning on finding one, right?) takes it 2 or 3 "mistakes high". They also tend to fly a bit steadier than the smaller ones.

You already pointed out the other plus of being able to move the .61 and radio gear to a warbird. Although most of us wind up buying another engine anyway.

Hope I was of some help.

Phil in MN


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Favorite Trainer - 8/26/2003 6:12:02 PM   
danny03



Posts: 230
Joined: 6/4/2003
From: Muskogee, OK, USA
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by offroadnut
Ive think ive decided on a trainer but would like more input. The Hobbico mkIII arf 60. I know lots of ppl go with the smaller plane, but I wanted something I could use a bigger motor in, (for future use) so I could use it in a war-bird. Am I making a good choice?? (I plan on getting a .61 2 stroke, and a 6 channel radio) I know all of you have different opinions on this so plz shout them my way. If u think its too big, am I taking on too much, etc, etc, etc. Thanks [/QUOTE]



I believe that the Hobbistar 60 MK III would be a good trainer to start with, the larger size will be easier to see and should even handle the wind a little bit better. Is there a particular reason why you are going with a 6 channel radio? After I bought my H9 Alpha and I new that I was going to be in this hobby for quite a while I went and purchased JR 8103 Promo. This Promo was an 8 channel radio, R700FM receiver, (4ea) DS811 servos, 4.8v 600Mah battery all of this for only 379.00 (I believe, if memory is correct) I know that is a little bit more than a 6 channel but I will not need another radio for several years to come. so it might be worth your $$ to go ahead and get the larger radio.


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Favorite Trainer - 8/27/2003 1:12:55 AM   
adrian-RCU



Posts: 1686
Joined: 10/27/2002
From: tel avivna, ISRAEL
Status: offline 		thunder tiger mk2 - took a lot of us onto rc big time!!!

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Favorite Trainer - 8/28/2003 9:20:40 PM   
ekrcflyer



Posts: 174
Joined: 8/28/2003
From: NW of Chicago, IL, USA
Status: offline 		I agree - it comes to personal choice. My was - Hobbistar MK III, with OS Max .61 FX. It's a blast!

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Favorite Trainer - 8/28/2003 9:41:59 PM   
scottrc



Posts: 2321
Joined: 3/7/2003
From: A TREE, KS, USA
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mindwarp
Dear R/C Universe,

Thank you so much for saving others from having to view such an obviously vile and disgusting post. Am I allowed to call the LT-40 a KITTY cat instead?

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For those who have suffered a sense of humour bypass, this post is not criticising R/C Universe (I understand and respect the intent of the profanity filters), more just a poke at automated censorship in general. [/QUOTE]

Ha, I use that term too.

Now its back to using Puttycat and talking like a three year old.

Had the Tower Trainer, built like a brick phithouse but flew like a puttycat.

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Favorite Trainer - 8/28/2003 9:59:16 PM   
Ptarmigan



Posts: 392
Joined: 2/3/2002
From: Houston, TX,
Status: offline 		I voted Others. I like the Sig Kadet LT-40. It flies well and is stable in the air.

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