ORIGINAL: Ed Cregger
Is this going to be your first model airplane flying experience, Austin?
The A-10 in the video is very attractive and it appears to fly very well, but it also appears to be a model that would be extremely difficult with which to learn how to fly. Other folks, with experience, make model flying look easy. It isn't.
If this is going to be your first model, I would pick something easier to learn how to fly. What is the point in spending that much money for it to only last a few seconds undamaged?
There are plenty of RTF electric powered models out there that would be more suited as a first model. Simulator flying, while useful, seldom prepares a new pilot for flying in the real world.
Good luck.
Ed Cregger
Well, for a model. I have been flying a
Wattage Tigershark for about four years now. It has stopped working, so I decided to get a better, faster replacement. Also, have you ever heard of the computer game called "Battlefield 1942"? Well there is a mod for it that makes the planes and everything else up to date. I have always flown the A10 Thunderbolt. I know, I know: flying one on a computer is different than flying one in real life...but I also have a Sabre helicopter. I am not very new to RC...done it my whole life.