Originally posted by b756 driver
Hey Guys:
I'm looking at getting into the R/C Thing for some fun. I know that this is a section for buying and selling, but I was wondering if ya'll could give me some leads on ww2 warbird manufacturers.
My wife and I want to get a couple of birds (one american and one german), so we can go out and do a little combat. We are fortunate enough to have a couple of hundred acres where we can terrorize the skies.
That said, I would like to get some authentic looking birds w/retracts around 3 to 4 foot wingspans. I have seen some 1,000.00 dollar birds around but I think thats a little too spiffy for us. Since I don't have any experience in building models(at least since I was 6 or 7) the arf or rtf types are what I'm looking for.
Any ideas on which manufactures or hobby outlets with websites I can go to to look at these?
Thanks for all the help.
Won't answer your questions. Will advise for some you did not ask.
You claim to be 756 driver. (What is that? I know 757s and 767s, but I retired 7 years ago and haven't kept up with airline stuff very much.) I don't think you started flying 1 to 1 scale there.
Don't think you are going to just go out and fly an RC machine without some training. I thought that once, even though I really knew better. But, Heck, I had been supersonic straight up and straight down. Had some 15+ years of jet time. I could *fly anything, any time, any where* or so the big head thought.
Picked up the parts of the re-kitted machine, rebuilt it and went out and found an instructor. Very short time I was "Safe for Solo". Pilots know pitch, power, and bank so they are eons ahead of those off the street, yet they need to use that which they know and get rid of those chips on the shoulders.
Find yourself a club and learn RC flying. Check
http://www.ama-dist-8.org/ and locate a club in your area. Once you learn then use those acres to invite others and start a new club. BTDT!
Welcome to a totally new aspect of the aviation world.