ORIGINAL: aceofspades991
go see an instructor which I may do but I am interested in teaching myself I wanted to know what everyone thought would be a good beginner plane I need a plane that I can fly at the school yard or the baseball diamond it must be able to take a crash
Getting an instructor is the best way.
Teaching yourself can be done. I did. Many others have.
What I did:
- have been interested, reading, learning from written material for two or three decades...
- downloaded a free simulator (FMS). "Flew" that for a few months.
- got myself a pretty good radio, a GWS E-Starter foamy "kit", a good charger, LiPo battery, and some odds and ends.
- "built" the E-Starter straight and light: elevator and ailerons, no landing gear.
- went to a field with long grass (no wind), hand launched by myself. The plane seemed terrifyingly fast. Broke my only prop after a couple of flights over the soft grass cushion.
- bought more props, kept flying.
- learned to fly and land neatly (usually)
- joined a club that has a decent field ...
- got myself an aerobatic foamy.
- broke and fixed it a couple of times.
- learned to fly that too...
- ...
The E-Starter might not be ideal. It is bit fast. Among "foamies", I'd point you towards GWS's Slow Stick or Beaver, but there are others out there.