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09-19-2011 | 01:43 PM

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RE: which plane to use for instructing

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I'm supposed to teach my friend to fly and have a few choices as to which plane to use. I'm rather new myself and had a strange learning curve. I don't even fly 4 channels yet , but would like to get him going yet this season. He owns a skyfly Max and I've flown it twice. I decided it wasn't the right one to learn on. Here's my choices , all from Hobico/GP/Tower.

Flylite http://www.electrifly.com/parkflyers/gpma1107.html this one for me was the first real plane I had and is super easy for me. My student seems to like it too since it's very slow.
Switch http://www.flyzoneplanes.com/airplan...530/index.html New plane to me.
Nexstar Mini http://www.hobbiconexstar.com/nexstar-mini/index.html New plane to me.
Sensei http://www.flyzoneplanes.com/airplan...535/index.html New plane to me and the largest one.

I realise I will have to get comfortable with the new ones as well before I instruct.

you've been a member of RCU since 2003... You just started learning how to fly recently?

Yep, and I think I remember you from the car/truck forums. I started I think 3 months ago and flew a tiny albatross for July , then the Flylite for August and mostly a blue Hobbyking piper cub for September. I am aquiring planes pretty quick and it seems like the flylite seems easy for me just because I'm used to it. I suppose the sensei is going to be best and if we can get it to take off and land or hand launch it then we will probably use it. I'm a bit intimidated at larger planes since they can eat up a lot of sky in a hurry and I hand launch all of them right now.

Funny thing is that I haven't driven my trucks/cars in 3 months.

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