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Old 12-04-2002 | 09:39 PM
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Moses,

I recently started flying in August of this year. I would suggest you do what I did.
I bought a trainer and learned how to fly, I'm actually still learning but I have soloed and so forth.
Any of the trainers will do fine but the most popular that I have seen is the Hobbico Superstar, SIG LT40 and the Avistar.

The Avistar may be a little more of what your looking for since the wing is symmetrical. The wing has a more rounded bottom in comparison to the flat bottom wings on the other trainers. It has less dihedral as well. This makes it more responsive and more aerobatic in comparison.

Anyway,
Shortly after buying my Trainer I bought a Sig 4 * 60 kit which I'm currently building and wont finish for a while.
Unless you buy all your building materials parts etc at one time, building your first kit will take some time.
I have been buying my supplies as I go along with the instructions and as needed.
Well thats my opinion, basically learn to fly on your trainer and build your second plane during that time.
The Ultra sticks are good second kits as well in my opinion, the 1.20 will probably be my third plane.

Oh, The 1.20 size plane is a mistake to start on, you will crash it at one point or another, probably multiple times.
Thats a lot more money to put into the dirt simply because you don't know how to fly. I would hate to see you dig holes with a nice .91 or 1.20 engine, but the choice is yours.


Well, once you learn your chances of crashing will be a lot less, and when you do crash you should have better skills to where you can limit the damage.

Its your choice, even if some people have the means to crash and start over with expensive planes, its just plain stupid to do that.

Good luck

Dbow