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SeattleFlyer -> RE: New Hanger 9 p-51 mustang **Trainer?!?** (9/12/2005 4:29:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rocknrube
Hey Seattle Flyer, the simulation software is great! I'm also a newbie and I have found that this software is really enabling me to get a handle on this type of aircraft! When I first started I had great difficulty with landings, touching my wings on the ground and crashing. I had trouble with levelling off and coming in nose-down. I've learned to reduce throttle as opposed to trying to level my wings and rudder for steering. The reduced throttle helps me be to better navigate, land slower and gives me the extra time I need to level off for a three point touch-down. I also have the ability with the software to fly two other planes. The software also gives you advanced specs for the P-51 PTS which I changed to the EVO .46 engine and made some characteristic changes to the runway, like wind, buffet and crosswinds etc.
Hope this is of any use to you, but it certainly has put me on the map with doing some great stuff with my warbird. I'm still not ready yet though to bring the War Eagle into the clouds. Maybe this coming weekend.
Thanks for the additional info on the software. I'm glad to hear it includes the P-51 PTS as one of the simulated models and it sounds like it has some flexibility for model settings. From the info on the web site this was unclear. The simulation should really help someone like me (a total flying newby) get the hang of basic flying and as you said, should also help give some insight on how to take off and land before attempting this with the real model. What a great time to get into the hobby - an interesting airplane to start with that also gives room to grow into as skills are gained, it comes 20 minutes ready-to-go out of the box so the newby can get up and flying quickly, and simultion software to help teach the new pilot before risking his/her model. All of these things add up to helping getting started in the hobby.
One person posted that they didn't feel like buying an ARF that is so pre-built like this package (radio, engine, etc. pre-installed) would help new people really get into the hobby if they didn't build their plane in the first place but I disagree. I think starting with an almost-ready-to-fly plane like this will let me examine the plane and see how everything fits together and how it works which should give me a head start when I move on to putting together my next, more complex airplane after this one. In other words, I think putting together something a little more advanced after starting with this plane will be much easier than starting with something more difficult without ANY prior knowledge on how to build, setup, and fly an airplane in the first place. I do plan on sticking with this hobby for a long time and do want to learn how to build as I feel like that is where the true reward will come from eventually so I can say that to me this plane is a stepping stone to bigger and better things - which includes learning how to build more advanced ARFs, then building from kits, and eventually perhaps from scratch. I think a lot can be learned from reverse-engineering something. I must say that I disagree that new people to the hobby are going to just go out and buy one of these, take it out to the field and wrecklessly attempt to fly it by themselves and then when it is crashed, just buy another one and repeat. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm not going to do that, and I think something like this plane simply encourages people who are interested in the hobby to give it a try because it makes it quick and easy to do so and reduces the investment risks. After learning to fly with this airplane, us newbies will have an easier time moving on to building something more advanced. I don't see how this could be a bad thing. And hey, why "stick to video games" when this package comes with one that helps teach you how to fly before going out and trying to do so with the real plane? The inclusion of the simulator should encourage people to learn how to fly MORE SAFELY before doing something stupid. Sure, there are always going to be some percentage of stupid people out there that try some stupid things, but I don't think ARFs like this make people stupid - people are stupid, not the airplanes. A stupid person could just as easily go out and buy a used airplane that is ready to go and then try something stupid with it like trying to fly it without someone training them. I think a package like this really encourages people to try the hobby by getting up into the air easily and quickly and encourages them to get a head start with the included simulator before doing so. Both I think should be good for the hobby, not the opposite.
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