If you've been out of the hobby for eight years and were only in it for 6 months before, you need to start from scratch again. When I started several years ago I bought a Global Hobbies Right Flyer 40T MkII from the LHS. It was a great trainer and very rubust. It has a foam sheeted wing that has survived several crashes. I hung it up in the garage as I moved on to more advanced planes. Due to work and life I had to leave the hobby for a couple of years and have just recently returned. Instead of trying to fly any or emy sport planes or warbirds, I went back and started flying the training again. I was pretty rusty in just that short time and it took a few tries before my landings were good again. So I would definitely suggest that with you being out of it for 8 years that you start over and get a trainer like the one I mentioned, or one that the others have mentioned.

I just checked and found a Right Flyer 40T on Ebay with an opening bid of $9.99. That would be a very inexpensive investment to get you going again.

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