<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; ">Second the Apprentice as a good first plane, and the Eflite T-34 as a second, they share the same battery packs.  I bought the RTF T-34 and the RXR Apprentice and use the DX6i that came with the T-34 for the Apprentice too.  I think a trainer that on full rate can loop inside itself is pretty darn cool.  I have about a dozen flights on the Apprentice (haven't flown it since the repairs due to the barn getting in my way)  and about 5 flights on the T-34.    The T-34 is a bit more to handle than the Apprentice, but is no where near as difficult to fly plane as you might think for a low wing plane. <div>
</div><div>My winter project is a P-51 with a DLE20 and an as yet unknown high wing, possibly a cub, to work the kinks out of the DLE20 before the Mustang takes to the air. </div><div>
</div><div> I have only been at it for a year now, but my flying skills are getting pretty good thanks to the RF Sim and the Apprentice.  At least now I know my left from my right when it is coming at me from my right.   Last night I flew the Osprey in the RF Sim, took off, hovered, transitioned to forward flight, flew it around a few times, transitioned to heli, hovered, brought it to the runway and landed it, all with a 15 MPH crosswind in the mix.  Now when I fly on the sim I have wind blowing, sometimes up to 20 MPH, which makes take offs and landing a real blast, thank goodness for the reset button.  The Cub in that sim waggles on the runway while sitting still, and the takeoff were a handful with a crosswind, but she can hover quite nicely  when coming right into the wind.  I highly recommend the sim with the winds blowing, it helps the reaction time quite a bit. </div></div>