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Old 01-29-2003 | 01:53 PM
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Default Jet and Warbird advice

Dr wogz is right. You really don't want to try to fly anything like that. Limited experience on a trainer is nowhere near enough. First you need to learn to fly the trainer really well. Then you need to learn to fly a low wing trainer. Then you can start thinking about something like a warbird. I got my first plane for christmas 3 years ago, have flown most weekends since I got that one put together, and I'm still a ways from being able to fly a warbird or jet.
Also, an ARF will probably take you a week or two to put together. A really nice warbird takes years to build. Even a trainer takes a few months if you don't have much RC building experience (building FF or CL models will help - plastic
ones won't).
And as for jets - the good ones fly over 100 miles per hour. A trainer probably only has half that speed. That's a huge change.

Also, even if you insist on getting a warbird, forget anything like the P-38 that has 2 engines. If one dies it takes a very experienced pilot to get it back in one piece.