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Leo L -> RE: Begin - Air....Cessna 182 Cmments Please! (5/15/2008 1:20:42 PM)
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Hi me02,
Of the planes that you selected, the BeginAir is by far the better choice for you to learn to fly with. While its not the best plane available, its a fairly decent flyer and is crash-worthy. The Parkflyers Cessna 182, which is manufactured, and sold on e-bay, by ArtTech, has a very split following. Half of the flyers love the plane and half absolutely hate it. However, almost everyone agrees that: 1) its a very fragile plane and needs substantial reinforcement, particularly the wing and the front landing gear; 2) the electronics are terrible and need to be replaced; 3) it looks fabulous. Its available in two versions: brushed and brushless. The brushed version is severely underpowered; the newer brushless version corrects this problem.
I agree with jmir that you would be much better off going with a quality manufacturer. I know that you don't want to consider the PZ SuperCub, but its, without doubt, the best plane available on the market for learning how to fly. Most beginner planes get crashed and repaired so much that by the time that you are a decent intermediate level flyer, you need to buy a new plane or completely rebuild your original. For this reason, I don't think that you should rule out starting with a 3-channel plane. You'll spend a lot more time flying and less time repairing than if you start with a 4-channel right from the beginning. As you get better, you can always modify the SC to have ailerons (check out the threads and you'll find that its one of the most popular mods). You don;t have to rule out the EasyStar either. I've seen several that were modified to have landing gear, and others that have a brushless motor and enough power to take off from grass without any landing gear at all. (Looks like a sea-plane taking off except that there is no water.)
If you are absolutely dead set to start with a 4-channel plane, consider the following planes, all of which are better than the selections you listed from ParkFlyers, listed in order of preference and ease of flying:
1) ParkZone T-28 Trojan
2) Multiplex MiniMagistar (Minimag)
3) HobbyLobby Wind Dragon
4) GWS E-starter
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