First I'd like to say "HI" to everyone, this is my first post on this site. I guess I'd call myself pre-new to this hobby as I don't even have a plane yet. Im not new to RC though as I have been running a couple of Nitro RC trucks and cars for a few years now. But I'd love to learn how to fly a remote controlled plane, problem is I know NOTHING about them, I don't know enough about them to even ask an intelligent question, but I can tell you what I'd like. I'd like to learn with a trainner that is nitro powerd, I'd like to get a QUALITY RTF kit with everything needed to start flying, I'd like to get a good flite simulator and get very good on it before I even think of going to the field with a RC plane. Am I on the right track so far, or do I need to "alter" my thinking? Is it possible to learn to fly with just a flite simulator, or is that a perscription for disaster? Is it better to get a GOOD trainner that comes with it's owe flite simulator? Now that ya all know what I'd like, any advice will be greatly appriciated. I remember back in the late 50's I was just a little kid, and my father, bless his soul always wanted to get into RC aircraft flite, he even bought a stick kit but never finished it, he just worked too hard, and too many hours. he passed away Jan 1, 2000, but up until the day he died he always talked about how "wounderfull it must be to fly those RC planes".
Paul