Hello all,
Just picked me up my first and second planes yesterday. I have been into R/C most of my life, playing with the toys when I was a kid and finally getting my first "real" RC car in 2004 when I was 21. In 2006 I got into RC flight with electric micro helis, then in 2007 work forced a leave of absence from flying my helis, which limited me to the sim for a year. Once I was able to return to my hobby, I continued with the helis. I have always wanted to get into planes, but was nervous about my orientation skills until I spent some time on the sim. Finally, after the sale of my classic 1:1 car, I made the jump and decided to go for it. Just yesterday I bought the Hangar 9 P-51 PTS "RTF" as my trainer. Since I already have a Spektrum DX7, I bought the Spektrum AR7000 Rx so I could control the Mustang with my DX7. Though it won't be used for a while, I also picked up the flap servo for it as well. Since I plan on flying as much as possible to get trained up, I went ahead and bought my second plane for when I'm ready to move up. My second plane is Seagull's Yak 54 .60 size that I bought an O.S. .61 (had the choice of Evolution, Thunder Tiger, or the O.S. at my LHS) engine for. Once I got home, I went to the AMA site and started my AMA membership so I can go to to flying fields to get trained up on a buddy box. While at the LHS, I spent about an hour or more talking to one of the guys there making sure that I got everything I needed, as well as getting recommendations of parts (props, engines, servos, fueling hardware, etc...) and reasons why they were recommended. I was so exited about it that I stayed up until 2:30 this morning to get my flight box, field equipment, and P-51 ready to be charged and used when I go to the field today if/when it dries up. Any thoughts or advice is appreciated.