chelseafc:

As you build your RC plane collection, try to choose planes that have different flight characteristics. That way you get a variety. My first plane was a SuperStar 40 trainer. My next was a Tiger 2, an excellent low wing plane that I highly recommend as your second plane. It has acrobatic capability and yet can slow down well for landing and is extremely stable in the air. It has trycycle gear so you don't get the right rudder correction that you need to use with a tail dragger. I have a funfly as my third plane, and I just finished my Supersportster, which everyone in my club says I will like the best of all.

My best advice to give you is after learning on a trainer, fly your second low wing plane often. Really wring it out and learn what it will do. Get very comfortable with it and learn as much aerobatic flying as you can. Once you get familiar with that plane then fly something different and you will find that what you learned on your second plane will help you with all the others. The worst thing is to bounce around to alot of planes and never learn to fly one well.

By the way, i loved my visit to Melbourne and drive along the Great Ocean Road past the Apostles. You live in a beautiful area of Australia!!



good luck,

Terry