Originally Posted by
shortround91
I don’t belong to or fly at a club self taught yes yes I have crashed many times. Not my flying but no depth perception due to a eye injury, I personally started with the FMS Ranger 1220 in a RTF, have since upgraded to a Spektrum transmitter replaced the ailerons etc with real hinges after many many flights crashes again can’t get depth so I can’t tell how close of far a tree bush etc is very well. The Ranger says to use a 3s 1300 but I use a 3s 2200 Spektrum smart batt and get 5-7 on the 1300 and 12-15 on the 2200’s. The plane is just hard have hit power wires trees all kinds of things the only break was a servo gear strip and bent the front landing gear spring. Like $20 later back in the skies and have moved up to the Elfite Trojan 1.1 BNF. I like it so much I actually bought 2!! The Ranger also comes with floats if you have the area did that or desire, definitely think joining a club is important but not all of us live in areas that RC is very popular. Keep the plane on safe learn to take off us your ailerons elevators then I started using my rudder. I now weather permitting fly atleast 6-12 flights daily nice being retired. Here’s a pic of the Ranger nice mid size and $220 in the RTF package
I have instructed a few with depth perception issues over the many years I have been flying. I found what works best is to have the student or pilot learn on landing to fly directly at himself keeping a separation of plane and ground including trees, shrubbery, tall grass and crops. When flying around the patch also keep that separation between the plane and anything out there. Don't get tempted at distance to fly below tree level. Do your low passes over the field. By separation, I mean you should if possible see some sky between the ground clutter and your model.