ORIGINAL: chocorrol
I know it sounds like a dumb question but it came to my mind when I saw a picture of a guy who started like 8 months after I started to fly, in that picture he is holding a gasser Extra 300... man I have been flaying for arround 3 years and I'm barelly planing on getting my third plane! I know it is pretty relative to tell how long it takes to learn to fly, but I'm sure that if I can fly a giant scale plane, I can't say that I actually know how to fly. like a buddy from my club says, ''it doesn't make you a good pilot to make a lot of stunts, what do makes you a real good pilot, is to know what to do when those stunts go wrong''.
you know what I mean?
I started flying RC in '73 and am still learning new things. I am not an expert
. What do I fly? .40 to .90 size sport planes, semi scale, and a couple of trainers. A gasser Extra 300 no more makes you an expert than flying a Sig Kadet Senior once in a while makes me a rank beginner. Fly what you want (and can afford), not what others are flying
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Bruce