<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">First, as I am a beginner, I will start with a toy.
I have just fly S107 and V911 helicopters, never a airplane.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: larger;">If I get a serious RC aiplane at the beginning, it will breake my heart by crashing it, as a RC airplane model is alway a little expensive.
Here is the toy I choose.</span>




<span style="font-size: larger;">It seems to be designed for kids and beginners, only 2 channel, and is cheap enough, only about USD30</span>

<font size="4">Once I can handle this, I can go to step 2, simulation.
Of course it's not enough to just handle a just 2 channel toy, I need to simulate in computer before I get a real RC airplane model. The reason is the same with above. </font><span style="font-size: larger;"><font size="4">it will breake my heart by crashing it. I know I can't avoid crashing it sooner or later, but at least not so often.
A USB simulation just cost about USD 5. I just need to borrow a Walkera DEVO 8S from a friend, and down load FMS in computer, then I can simulate the flight !</font>
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<font size="4">Buying a real model to fly is the last step.
I  havn't decided which one to choose yet.
What do you guys think about Nine Eagles YAK 54?



Nine Eagles is a famous brand, so I guess the YAK 54 should be nice.</font>

<font size="3">Hello, anybody here?
Can anyone give me some advice or opinion ?</font>

I think you'd have better luck with this plane than the yak54. It will be much easier. I started with the flylite and never crashed it till 100th flight. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXZYT6&P=7

The toy you have chosen will do nothing to help you fly the plane you intend to buy. Turns are accomplished by speeding up and slowing down one of the two propellers, that will not prepare you for the way that most RC planes fly 3 or 4 channel. The simulator is a good idea, and can help immensely when learning to fly RC, however, a sim is not  "real world."  Neither the toy plane or the simulator is going to prepare you for the YAK. I would suggest:

1. Find a club with a good instructor in your area and ask for advice. This is usually a good step for a new RC pilot with no experience and he/she will usually point you in the right direction. Good planes to start with and which instructors may accept are:

E-Flight Apprentice
Flyzone Sensei

2. If no club/instructor can be found in your area, then buy yourself a real RC type plane to start off with. I can suggest 4 that would be good if you need to "go it alone." They are:

Hobbyzone Champ
Hobbyzone Firebird Stratos
Hobbyzone Super Cub
Ares Gamma 370

All of these planes have great customer support from their respective distributors and parts are readily available at most hobby shops. Also, you may want to get a good radio system to start out with. Systems from Futaba, JR, Hitec, Spektrum, Graupner and Airtronics are all good brands to go with.

The guys have both given you some very good advice, however if crashing a model which is something that happens to everyone is going to as you say 'break your heart' then maybe this is not the hobby for you. If on the other hand you do have a genuine desire to become an RC pilot then welcome to the hobby and best of luck in attaining your RC pilot wings.

Karol

Thanks. The Flylite looks very nice, just the price of that site is much higher than Ebay

Thanks very much for your advice, you are so nice.

Thank you for your opinion. "Break my heart" is<span> exaggeration and joke. Actually I don't need to cost one dollar for a airplane, because I work for a shop site, dealing with RC flying models, I have the right to apply for one airplane from warehouse to study this product, sometimes(only sometimes) don't need to give back to <span>warehouse.</span></span>
<span>But I'm not advertising our site here. </span><span><span>Advertising</span> shop or products is not my work. I'm here, because I want to learn more things about RC airplanes and Quadcopters, this will help me a lot to do my job better. I take my job serious. I enjoy working.<span>
I didn't get access to RC models before I got the job. But now I think these models are kind of fun. I do want to be a pilot, but don't need to be a very one.

Wen
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Just as I figured that your comment was more of a joke than anything else, but don't you worry because if the RC bug really bites you, you WILL want to become a good pilot.

Karol

Well if oneday I really want to become a good pilot, I will be very happy, and I will try my best to fulfill this thought. It's a good thing for me to have something I like or I want to do.
What's more, it's more convenient for me to get a airplane to fly because of my job.

Hey, can you recommend some RC airplane to me? You must be an experienced pilot. Our site is very weak in airplane product, just less than 10 airplanes oa sale. I need to find more airplane to put on our site.
Can you do me a favour ?

 Get the Hobbyzone Champ.

Super easy to fly and if you get into trouble you just let go of the controls and it will level out and land.

You can crash it a lot without damage.  JUST ONLY TRY AND FLY IT ON VERY CALM OR WINDLESS DAYS

If you end up not being able to fly this then this hobby aint for you!

If you can fly it then you can move on to a quality second plane, but still not the little 3D Yak you mentioned, that is still too big a step.

Do some research and have fun.

That's some very good advice from Flying Fiz, take it and go have some fun learning to fly, and as your skill level improves you can step up to a more demanding model.

Karol

Thank you for you advice. Hobbyzone Champ seems to be a very good aitplane for a beginners that you are not the only one who recommend it.
Although our store don't have a Champ in warehouse, I think I need to get one for my own...

Hi, Chucksolo69, I forgot to ask one question. How different is an airplane radio transmitter comparing with a helicopter transmitter ? You talk about radio system, well, I have a Walkera DEVO 8S in hand, can I use this? Or, I should specially get an airplane radio system?
Wen

Well, I guess I just asked a stupid question. DEVO 8S may not fit an airplane.

No question should be considered stupid if you don't know the answer to it. The Hobbyzone Champ is sold as a complete package with it's own radio system which can be used on other models as you progress along your learning curve.

Karol