[quote]ORIGINAL: SeamusG

Big thumbs up to you KoolKrabber! Ya mean these things can fly without pilot input? Geez - who would'a thunk.

My club has an active (flying) membership of over 200. We should have at least 10 guys that are willing to train. Our VP is still messing with a trainer (NexStar covered like a roll of life savers). Pretty cautious pilot. I nearly had to beat on him to fly my Somethin' Extra. After he did he had a permanent grin on his face. Wonder what he's planning for the winter.

My personal training experience: I'm an instructor with a local road racing school. We sponsored an event at a local road course for Subaru North America on a Saturday. About 80 drivers showed up with Subaru officials co-hosting the event. All (well, almost all) went well. Thursday of that next week I was my LHS and saw a flier from a local RC club that included an open invite to training night (Thursday). Since I didn't have anything better to do I went to the field to check it out. Unbeknown to me the lead Subaru sled dog of the car event was an instructor at field. He was holding his trainer, radio w/ a buddy box, and a big smile. He commanded me to go fly with him. That was 2 years, 2 ARFs and 9 kits ago. I guess payback is a b**tch



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NOW THAT'S FUNNY......payback "is" a b**ch, did you ever hear of "karma" and yes they can fly without pilot input,for short periods of time.....build 'em light or you'll end up with a "flying brick".....remember the term???......i do alotta research before i buy a new plane.....very important criteria it must meet is, power-to weight ratio and light wing loading.....build a light plane and you won't have to "over-size the motor"(simple math?)......my sig e-force with motor, battery,esc,servos,receiver,etc. comes in, all up weight of 15oz.......my precision aerobatics badboy v2 53" wingspan-805 inch wing area-12oz./sq. ft. wing loading with o.s. 46ax, servos,receiver,battery,etc., comes in at less than 5 lbs........my next plane will be the new precision aerobatics extra mx with 58 inch wingspan-52 inch length-721 inch wing area-12 oz./sq. ft. wing loading and still come in at @ 3 1/2 pounds all up weight and that's with 2 11.1v 3s 30c 2500mah batteries installed.....should be a beauty and in the hand's of the right pilot, the possibilities are endless.......KOOLKRABBER47.......