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Old 01-09-2007 | 10:44 AM
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Default RE: better trainer

It sounds to me that you want another Ready-to-Fly (RTF) electric that you can fly by yourself, but something a little larger and more aerobatic.

I think the Park Flyer R/C Begin-Air is probably the plane that you're looking for:

http://www.parkflyers.com/html/begin-air.html

While similar in size and design to your Sky Fly, the Begin-Air features a more powerful motor and 4-channel control with ailerons. The Begin-Air will be faster and more responsive than your Sky Fly, and it should be able to handle moderately breezy wind conditions better as well. The ailerons will allow you to control the plane with more authority, and to try additional stunts with the plane.

If you're enjoying the fun and challenge of R/C flight, however, and you think this is something you'd seriously like to learn and improve at, looking at a "club sized" trainer that is either glow or electric powered could be the better investment.

Larger aircraft (those bigger than "parkflyers" like the Sky Fly or the Begin-Air) are typically flown at R/C flying clubs. The good news is their are ten AMA chartered flying clubs within 25 miles of Florence, KY. Even if you live in a rural area and you have hundreds of acres you can fly from without worrying about hitting a house or car, going to a club will help you learn and enjoy the hobby a lot more than just flying alone.

You'll get to see all kinds of different flying models, different categories of R/C flight, and most clubs have a flight instruction program where an experienced pilot can help you select your ideal glow-powered trainer and guide you with regard to flying, operating, maintaining, and repairing an advanced R/C plane. Just talking to other pilots who get as much of a hoot from flying R/C planes as you do is part of the fun, as well.

If you want to hang out by yourself and throw an airplane around a park or an empty field, the Begin-Air from Park Flyers R/C is your next natural step. If you really want a better look at what this hobby has to offer, and you'd eventually like to be able to fly when the wind is blowing faster than 5mph, check out some of the local flying clubs in your area and see if they have anything going on that might interest you:

CINCY JETS
5.04 miles 4433 JACK BEETZ 3223 RIDGETOP WAY
EDGEWOOD KY 41017-3246
Phone: 859-344-9860
Email: Email
Url: III No

FLYING CARDINALS OF NORTHERN KY INC
5.64 miles 863 DENNIE SKAGGS 800 DOBBIN CT
HEBRON KY 41048-9776
Phone: 859.586.8059
Email: Email
Url: www.flyingcardinals.org VI No

ROSS AREA FLYERS
15.64 miles 2137 PAUL RYBOLT PO BOX 531175
CINCINNATI OH 45253
Phone: 513-300-6103
Email: Email
Url: III No

CINCINNATI AEROMODELERS INC
15.64 miles 496 MICHAEL KOONS PO BOX 58513
CINCINNATI OH 45258-0513
Phone: 513/941-7742
Email: Email
Url: WWW.SKYTEAMUSA.COM III No

ANDERSON FLYERS R/C CLUB
17.72 miles 3427 WILLIAM DEVORE 3517 DEBOLT RD
CINCINNATI OH 45244
Phone: 513-561-0468
Email: Email
Url: www.andersonflyers.org III No

COMAIR RADIO CONTROL CLUB
17.94 miles 3081 EDGAR TELLMAN 6069 ROBISON RD
CINCINATTI OH 45213
Phone: 513.731.9278
Email: Email
Url: VI No

CINCINNATI SILENT FLYERS
18.32 miles 4508 OTTO KOELEWIJN 9173 TRELAWNEY CT
CINCINNATI OH 45251
Phone: 513-521-2003
Email:
Url: www.electricflyers.com III No

APPLE CORP
23.30 miles 2568 MARLIN FUCHS 5980 SOVEREIGN DR
CINCINNATI OH 45241
Phone: 513-469-0908
Email: Email
Url: III No

169TH BLUE CHIP SQUADRON
23.30 miles 3423 MICHAEL BLUESTEIN 3249 BRAEWOOD DR
CINCINNATI OH 45241-3184
Phone: 513-563-6784
Email: Email
Url: III No

LOVELAND PROPBUSTERS*
24.79 miles 883 WILLIAM REEVES 15 VALLEYVIEW CIR
MILFORD OH 45150
Phone: 513-965-0844
Email: Email
Url: www.lovelandpropbusters.org

Good luck, and good flying!