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RE: Good First Planes - 9/5/2006 3:44:56 AM   
flyinredneck


 

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From: Hamilton| Ontario, ON, CANADA
Status: offline 		Hello everyone. If I may, I'd like to add my opinion on a good trainer.

After buying, building and crashing (on a glide test), a Herr Engineering "Air Boss", I moved onto a "Slow Stick". It also crashed after many hours of reading and tweaking. Next up, the GWS "Beaver". All stock except for a LiPo batt, it never took off. I finally, finally, got in my first couple of flights today with the Hobbico "Red Hawk"! I posted a detailed flight report earlier, but just had to say that after many frustrating attempts at flying, and almost selling off all that I have, this little "bird" has restored my faith in the possibility to fly.

Just my opinion.



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RE: Good First Planes - 9/16/2006 1:18:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		My plane i stared with is a oriole it does'ent do airobatices but does small cercit's i fly it this moring it was my starter to the prop planes

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RE: Good First Planes - 9/16/2006 1:20:08 PM   
highlinebag


 

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RE: Good First Planes - 9/26/2006 2:16:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have the slow stick.. looking for a step down... I have trouble with the slow stick.... mainly because of limited flying area.... im looking for something similar to the size of the airhogs..... like you see at wally world... something that would be good for a new flyer..... that flys slow enough and is small enough to be flown in a back yard... I am weary of the air hogs... cause im not sure if they would give me the enjoyment and experience me and the kids need to jump back to the slow stick.... I was wondering what you guys thought.... there are really no parks to fly at where I live.... there are a few fields around my town that I can go to sometimes but most of the time its the backyard only... and the slow stick is just too big for my yard

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RE: Good First Planes - 9/30/2006 1:41:52 AM   
AirforceRcks



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Status: offline 		i learned on a little flyzone swift flyer that only had 2 ch and now i have a parkzone typhoon and its awesome.
low control throws make it fun to fly and easy. put it at medium or high and u could do 3d all over the place.
very nice plane.

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RE: Good First Planes - 10/12/2006 12:22:45 AM   
ozrcboy



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Status: offline 		.... there are really no parks to fly at where I live.... there are a few fields around my town that I can go to sometimes but most of the time its the backyard only... and the slow stick is just too big for my yard


Take this as you wish and be understand I am just parroting what I have read elsewhere and have no experience with the plane in question, but I have read that the GWS Pico Moth (Tiger Moth Biplane look a like, 3 channel) is slow enough to fly in a back yard. I have my doubts, but perhaps you can do the research and make up your own mind.

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RE: Good First Planes - 10/13/2006 2:06:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		i learned on a gws esarter with brushless and lipo by myself . it want that hard after a couple of hours on the xbox playing san andreas flying planes!.you really have to get the setup right which i learned on these fourms from others mistakes and mine. what size battery and prop did you have? what surface where you trying to take off from?

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RE: Good First Planes - 10/13/2006 5:08:09 PM   
Cyler


 

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Status: offline 		I was wondering if there were any thoughts on the "Wingo" from HobbyLobby? It says it has come back, and was one of the best begginer aircraft? But I was wondering if anyone had information to prove/disprove these statments and where this plane might fall on the list of beginner aircraft? Thanks.

P.S. - To me it seems ugly enough to be a starter but wasnt sure.

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RE: Good First Planes - 10/14/2006 4:49:21 AM   
mecevans


 

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Status: offline 		get a slow stick

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RE: Good First Planes - 11/15/2006 3:27:45 PM   
IWC


 

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RE: Good First Planes - 12/14/2006 2:28:33 PM   
stinger40



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Status: offline 		I don't know if it is mentioned, but my first electric trainer was a Soarstar. It looks kind of like the Wingo, from Hobby Lobby. If you look at my Member Profile, then there will be some more details on it. This plane is fun no matter what skill you are. Use the motor to go as high as you can see, then, kill it and let the breeze float you around. I can get about 30 min. of flying on just one battery! It also rolls and loops. It takes off and lands superbly! All you need are servos and a reciever. You don't even have to buy a battery! This plane is a lot of fun! I recommend it to any beginner or expert pilot that wants to learn, or to just unwind with a gentle flight. This is an excellent plane.

S40

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RE: Good First Planes - 1/8/2007 7:11:14 PM   
westdccs


 

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From: Crowley, TX, USA
Status: offline 		Okay,

I've been reading several of the posts in here and I'm looking forward to receiving my FlyZone Cessna 182 Skyhawk later this week. This will be my first plane (in about 17 years) to fly. The last one was piloted by my grandfather who handed me the controls after he got the plane stable in the air -- and then retrieved the controls for landing.

However, I do have some newbie questions - One of the things that I have noticed is the designation of propeller sizes. How does one read those? For example, what does 4.5 x 4.1 mean? How does one get used to the "reverse" affect of a plane coming at you (you know, turn left, the plane goes to your right as it approaches)? And finally, what is a folding propeller?

Thanks!

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RE: Good First Planes - 1/11/2007 12:56:02 PM   
AJ1202


 

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Status: offline 		West the prop designation means 4.5 is the diameter and the 4 is the pitch

Not sure how to tell you to get used to orientation, what I did was sort of turn the same direction of the plane untill I got used to it

A folding prop is used more for gliders, it is so when you cut the throttle it will fold and create less drag and when you land it will be folded and not drag on the ground

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RE: Good First Planes - 1/11/2007 8:27:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		West, welcome to RCU!!

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RE: Good First Planes - 2/14/2007 3:46:24 PM   
AvoidingExpert



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From: Brevard, NC, USA
Status: offline 		my father and i got into this hobby at the same time we went to the local store and each got a plane he choose a GWS slow stick, and much to the disaprovale of the store no it all i got a ZAGI for my first plane. It took about 3 hours to assemble the planes. WE decide to wait untill the next day to launch them my glue needed to dry. so anyway the next day we go outside his yard is a gaint feild formarly a apple orchard the perfet open launch space we drew straws he would go first the plane rolls ford and than snaps over to its back, we thought maybe to much wind he tryies again gets it in the air and the plane is getting blowen around and finally crashes down brecking the wing (some sort of foam looked like a meat tray to me) After seeing this i get scared maybee this is going to be to hard of a hobbie for me but i try to launch the plane anyway. i do the test launch without power it should glide it falls to the ground place battery pack back a little bit some up elev it sort of glides neet i reave the engine the might 400 speed (about 4 times larger than that of the slow stick) give it a might hurl into the sky. My first flight lasted about 20 min the plane was perfect it would fly nice and easy at 1/4 throtle and climb out of sight at full throtle. I still have that plane its been crashed more times than i care to count the plastic that covers the moter is long gone the very worst crash i ever had resulted in me having to tape the fins back on. I my self still fly that thing and have trained at least 12 people to fly with it. The ZAGI is perfect it will do anything you could ask out of a trainer but better

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