ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
The HZ Super Cub RTF certainly wouldn't be my first choice either, opjose. I believe anyone truly interested in learning to fly RC aircraft should find/join an AMA chartered flying club and work with an experienced hobbyist at flight training.
Absolutely.
ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
Given that there are folks interested in learning to fly on their own, without the help of an experienced pilot and without going to a chartered flying club, what would you recommend instead of the Super Cub for the complete beginner?
Price seems to be what everyone keys in on.... and Parkzone does advertized very well don't they?
On the other thread where this is being discussed there is already the beginnings of a list of good alternatives... all are four channel planes.
ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
More complete beginners will have heard of the Super Cub than any of the other choices.
Yeah, you sure cannot beat Parkzone's saturation of the media.
ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
It's also one of the less expensive options and spare parts are readily available through most any lhs.
Some LHS's aligned with Horizon may carry parts for it, but have you gone into an LHS and priced out parts for the Parkzones? Lotsa money for foam...
You may pay less for a set of wings on a Cub, but a beginner may be better served with a bigger starter plane... and given the pricing and durablity, the difference in price is almost nil.
An utter beginner is very likely to crash a PZ Cub especially in a light wind, ( then there's that awful ATC )...
Give them an Electricstar in the same conditions, and tell them that all they need to do to land is hold a little up, and chop the throttle... the Electricstar will land itself and survive. The Cub will need a new set of wings.
It may be an enjoyable plane for tooling around, if you don't care about the TX, etc. ( Hey I bought a Typhoon 2 3D too! GASP! )
I'm somewhat pressed to call it a beginner's plane, especially if there is no other help around.
I'm not married to the Electricstar either, but I have seen a complete novice take one up w/o any help in a wind and actually bring it down in one piece... albeit they nosed it over in the grass, fortunately they didn't attempt more than one turn. It lands fine in the grass too.
I was impressed. That made me a believer.