Originally posted by rc_sport
Crashem, I've seen electrics get very long flight times, they either are able to catch a thermal and shut down the motor and soar or they have dropped a barrel full of money down on expensive motors or battery packs. Neither of these options are easy for a beginner.
rc_sport,
What you say is only partially true. I get 12-15 min flight on a $30 NiMH flight pack in my tigermoth. I have heard of guys using surplus Lion (qualcomms) from cell phone (even less expensive on ebay) and geting 30-40 min flight times. If you are familar with the GWS tigermoth then you would know that thermaling is not an option.
I was simply pointing out that your blanket statement of 8 min tops for electric flight times is incorrect. If you perfer glow to electric thats fine. We are all bais towards the type of flying and aircraft we perfer. I simply didn't want to see a beginner receive advice based on an inaccurate statement..