ORIGINAL: wind junkie
ORIGINAL: Jack Hyde
On the other hand you don't need to crash 100 times or even 1 time to learn 3d. I have never crashed a plane trying a 3d maneuver but I am methodical (boring ). I have a UCD 46, Mojo 40, Mojo 60, Burrito and 4 3d foam planes. I have crashed more than once but at this point its when I have a loose servo arm, wrong model on radio and other dumb stuff. I can hover , spin , harrier etc. I got a good knie edge loop with my Mojo 60a few days ago.
I have a Copperhead Extra that I got for durabilty. After flying it about a year I pulled the Hacker off and will put it on something less tough but that flies like I like. Get something that is made to fly and be a little careful. Full scale aerobat pilots don't crash a lot and some are pretty good.
I dunno. The
freedom to crash takes a lot of the apprehension away.
If you're trying to find the limit of what your plane can do, it's a LOT quicker just to go past it (crash) than try to get there in baby steps. Sort of like doing a binary search vs a linear. You get to your 3D flight goal asymptotically without crashing, but I get there a lot quicker with crashing. Once you get over that stigma, you can learn faster. Practice on the rubber airplanes, and use what you learn on the balsa birds. There is a lot to be said for both.
I agree with both.. The best thing you can do if you want to learn 3D fast is get a good simulator to help get the basic feel of the maneuvers. Aerofly Pro Deluxe or Real Flight G3 will both do the job. I like AFPD.
Then I would say get a plane that is really tough and can take some abuse.... You will almost inevitably put at least some landing abuse on a 3D plane. I would say a good 40-50 size Profile would be ideal. If you dont want that then maybe a U CAN DO, Funtana X series or something like that. I would steer away from the 40 size Scale Aerobatic 3D planes like the Edge, Extra and Yak. They are ok, but they are not very forgiving, even less forgiving than their giant scale big brothers. If you want to fly a scale plane to learn 3D you might try the Somenzini Yak with a YS 1.40, or if you can find an Extreme Flight Yak and the YS 1.10 that would be good.