hey guys,
well the first two flights were great. i tell ya it's amazing how well it performs on it's own considering i'm pretty new to the hobby. i've been flying for about a month now. my first plane was a wattage decathalon with ailerons. probably not the plane that everyone would recomend being your first plane but i tell you for as small as it is. it can really perform some cool maneuvers. i had alittle bit of trouble the first time i flew it considering my ailerons were backwards but i had to switch the switch in my brain cause i didin't know how to change them untill i had it on the ground. amazingly i was able to get it on the ground in one piece. since i switched the ailerons it's been extremely addicting. i'm able to do some pretty cool maneuvers now including a pretty wicked flat spin thats pretty cool but the superstar was more to help my dad learn and like i said the first flights were great. we've ordered the buddy box so i can help him learn alittle easier. again all this is very new to me and i'm not much of an electrician so there's still a few questions out there that i've been wondering like charging of batteries. my decathalon uses a 9.6v 800mah Ni-MH battery and i have a super brain charger. now it seems that to get the most from this battery that i have to charge it at .5 amps but it takes forever. the preset amps for the charger is 3.0 but i was told not to charge at that many amps. i guess the major deal is i'm not getting hardly any flight time and it takes forever to charge the battery so it's like i drive over to the field make two flights that maybe only last 6 or 7 minutes if i'm lucky and my day is over. thats dissapointing when it's so addicting. the battery for the superstar doesn't take nearly that long to charge. i don't get it and what do i use to discharge the batteries. this is all very confusing . i have a very large nitro trainer that i have put together but i like being able to go to a field thats right around the corner and fly the electrics. so i'm really trying to figure out how to lengthen my flight times. any advise would be greatly appreciated thanks aaron