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Getting back into the hobby - 9/25/2012 8:35 AM   
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I'm starting to get the urge to take up the hobby again after 12 odd years. I've still got my plane (Super Sporster 40) and gear but I think this plane will be a bit advanced for my very rusty skills. So I am after some recommendations of a 40 size glow plane I can use to get my confidence and skills back but that I wont grow out of too quickly as I hope to pick it up fairly quickly again. I will be getting myself a simulator to practice a bit without the risk. I am also happy to build from a kit too.

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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/25/2012 10:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		turbodave, a Worldstar 40 is just the thing to get you into it again. Docile at low rates and a real adrenilin rush at high rates. Also get to a club and spend a day with an instructor and you will be surprised just how much you haven't forgotton
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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/25/2012 3:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Super Sportsters aren't that demanding. I'd say work on the sim for a bit and maybe spend your money on a new radio (you'd be amazed at how much they've improved in 12 years) then get out and fly it. You might consider setting up a lower rate than you used to fly with depending on how hot you liked to run the Super Sportster back in the day.

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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/26/2012 12:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Flying is like riding a bicycle,    you never forget how.      And that's a fact.      So get out there and fly. 

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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/26/2012 1:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Easy Sport, knock off Falcon 56. Flies and looks good and will do some fun things.

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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/26/2012 4:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		 Turbodave. I had a similar time away from the hobby. My old plane was a 4 star 40. I thought "should I relearn everything and buy a trainer?". I talked with the local club president and he told me to come out to he field and fly the club trainer a few times to see how rusty I really was. It took about two flights. It would have been a waste for me to buy to buy a trainer. 

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RE: Getting back into the hobby - 9/27/2012 4:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		They are right, its like riding a bike.

I was gone for 15 years, and came back. I flew for at a indoor event and within 3 weeks of out door. I was teaching flying again.

good luck, I like your idea of coming back slow. do what your are comfortable with enjoy.

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