ORIGINAL: shakes268
Back in 2004 when I started looking at r/c airplanes the goal was to eventually fly a turbine. I've flown glow trainers, aerobats, giant scale, helicopters (glow/electric) but still have never flown a jet. This is going to be that year. I've posted here severl times asking questions each year as I edge closer and sorry if this is a rehash of anything I've asked before.
I'm very torn between a sport - Tamjets F-16 and the Boomerang Elan.
I know the Elan is going to be the easier, more versatile flyer but an F-16 has always been a dream.
Anyone love scale and gone the sport route only to be disappointed? Anyone gone the sport route to wish they'd gotten a sport-scale model?
I had the same question when after 33 years of flying glow, I decided to fly turbine Jets in late 2.007.
My dream was also an F-16.
The problem with trainers is that if you love scale jets, after a few months you are going to spent more money getting your scale Jet but if you get a scale jet as your first jet, you are going to love it forever.
So, after asking the same question than you and after investigating about the easy flying of an F-16, I decided to get mine.
The decision between a Tams and my Slymaster was only because Tams F-16 has no ailerons and if I was wondering a scale jet, I didn't want a no ailerons jet..
So I did not learn to fly my F-16 in my first flight because I had almost 33 years of experience flying. I just flew it and done......
A friend of mine decided to fly jets too and his first Jet was a TAM F-16 hi got 2 months ago, but the older version with ailerons (or I don't know because hi got it as an used turkey jet, if the first owner installed the ailerons).
Hi is now flying with no issues.
My recomendation is: if your F-16 is your dream, get one. Sure you are going to make your dream fly........
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