ORIGINAL: RMPROB
what would be a good warbird to start with? I like electric, I am just starting and have flown my cub a bit and I am building a top flite corsair .60, however I was wondering what would be a good starter warbird to practice with. I like the older planes, even an older style bi-plane would be fun, It does not necasarily need to be fast, as much as easily controlled. Any tips will be considered. Thank you
RMPROB, bigtim presented very good advice. To elaborate a bit more I offer this additional. If an airplane flies relatively slow and is easy to control, then it must be relatively LIGHT. That means it must have a light wing loading. If it does than it will be as bigtim stated, more like a sport plane. There are some so called "warbirds" out there that are just that, a sport plane with cosmetics applied. You will notice a non-scale wing area and a wing thickness far beyond a scale section. These will get you flying the "looks" you want while getting the advanced stick-time you need to increase your proficiency, which is a big step in itself, just going from a high-wing to a low wing.
As far as electric vice glow/gas, I cannot offer you much there. I am a glow/gas person and too old to change. I have seen enough big electrics burn from exploding big li-pos. You other folks can have that problem, thank you!
Best of luck to you.