There's nobody stopping you buying a Corsair for your next plane

All planes do have an expiry date but those of us with years of experience prefer to measure out models lifespans in years rather than seconds

Unless the hobby shop owner sells you some dustbin bags too he wont have sold you everything you need


I really hate to dampen peoples' enthusiasm but sooner or later you'll either realise that you know much less than you think you do, or you'll just quit, blame the hobby and move on to something else you'll never master.

So you've had 11 flights, and one not-so-good landing? So your track record on the Mustang PTS is to have 10 successful landings out of 11... Let's assume for a moment that you are as good as you think you are and apply your track record to the Corsair - so you'll have up to 100 minutes of flying, give-or-take, before, statisically you rip the retracts out.

Not a problem for most of us with years of modelling behind our belts, although chances are it wouldn't happen to us so frequently anyway.

You WILL crash the Corsair, either soon or extremely soon after getting it. From the sounds of it you have precisely zilch experience or knowledge of how the models actually work since you don't even know what basic equipment you need - so you have no chance of a) assembling a practical and reliable model or b) repairing it to a good standard after your first crash - if there's anything worth repairing.


Trust me, everyone here genuinely wants you to do well and stick at this great hobby - but we all know that you're getting ahead of yourself far too quickly.

If you're still convinced that hundreds of years of combined experience of building and flying these r/c models counts for nothing, then you should abandon this Beginners thread and go do your homework in the other sections of the forum. Hangar 9 ARFs are as common as muck - so there's plenty info around on them. If you genuinely need people to hand you a shopping list of accessories on a silver platter then you really need to be questioning your choice yourself

Your Corsair will last long enough for you to enjoy it once you have some modelling experience behind you. We've all been beginers at some point, and I'm sure we all wanted to get to the impressive models straight away - but it's the experienced modellers' duty to give a reality check to us all when we begin to ensure that we learn to walk before we try to run...