Hello from Ottawa, Canada.

A new hobby store opened in our neck of the woods and to my delight my wife got me a Hobbyzone Super Cub LP RTF. I did a little research and a little thinking, then went to the same store and purchased the Phoenix flight simulator.

Why Phoenix? It came with a Spektrum DX5e 5-channel flight transmitter, AND it models the Hobbyzone Super Cub LP. Yes, the RTF comes with its own transmitter... but it's 75 MHz. So with my wonderful wife's blessings Ireturned the RTF version and ordered the BNF, to which I will bind my Spektrum DX5e. Still waiting for the plane to come in.

In the meantime, I've been doing a lot of virtual flying with Phoenix and I'm very happy with it. It took awhile but now I'm used to reversing the controls when flying towards myself, and my takeoffs and landings have improved a lot. More recently I've been flying with the wind in the sim set at the maximum recommended for the Super Cub, so I'm getting more used to real world conditions, including upwind takeoffs and landings.

I'm glad I've found this forum and Ilook forward to hanging around.