ORIGINAL: xDennis
Wow, Thanks for all the answers and tips guys.
I will Be looking for a club locally here to set my foot.
I will follow your advice and Stay away from the 2-channel Planes, I am probally going to look more closly at the Carl Goldber Eagle.
I have several R/C CAR servos sitting around, I should be able to use those right?
I was looking at different types of radios and I see AM and FM. Which ones are better / more reliable, or does it not matter.
Dennis
Good Choice in Trainer... Re: Eagle 2... Although I would say that [8D]
Just Solo'd mine for the first time tonight...
Progress...
Day 1: Fly around in Circles
Day 2: Fly in Squares
Day 3: Take Off
Day 4: Take Off Loops, Rolls
Day 5: Land, Solo
Each day would be about 2.5 Tanks of Gas... So the Aeroplane is good to learn on... Probably need that time again to get my wings...
Couple of tips in preparing it...
1. The linkages between the Servos and the control surfaces are connected with Z Bends... I cut these all off and soldiered on Metal clevises for a better and more reliable connection.
2. The Throttle Linkage runs inside a plastic sleeve, when you open and close the Throttle you lose some of the directness because the linkage flexes... You could remedy this with stronger wire I guess but I fibre glassed the end of the tube to the fuselage and this made the throttle movement very direct.
3. I found that the Servo tray came lose when I was practising taxing around so I glassed that in too.
4. The instructions said to run the Antenna wire between the wing and the fuselage... Don't, drill a hole in the side of the Aeroplane and run the Antenna out and up to the tail that way...
Other wise the Aeroplane Balanced right off and is (Dirty at the moment) but Sweet...
Hope this helps...
Join a club, get ONE Instructor...
Matt