JUST KINDA CURIOUS IF THE HANGER 9 ARROW RTF IS A GOOD FIRST PLANE??? I HAVE NO PREVIOUS FLIGHT EXPERIENCE AT ALL..... WOULD THIS MAKE A GOOD STARTER FOR ME?????? I GUESS I SHOULD NOTE THAT I WILL PROBABLY BE TEACHING MY SELF TO FLY.
THANKS IN ADVANCE
MIKE


I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT IT IS A BRAND NEW PLANE STILL IN THE BOX FOR LESS THAN HALF PRICE

Mike, you need to find someone with experience to help you. Chances of you successfully teaching yourself are very slim. Check the AMA website, www.modelaircraft.org , for a club near your location and make contact any way you can. Got to be some help there in the heartland of general aviation. The ARROW will work fine.

I learned on an cessna aerobat and crashed the low wing TT 40 trainer on the first flight. I think that trainers with a symetrical air foil are somtimes more manuverable in tight spots. It was a foam and plastic model so I did glue it back together many times untill I learned to fly. Flat bottom trainers are slow and I didn't like mine whne the wind hit it, I could manuver the Aerobat out of gusts. Learn to Fly on a computer R/C flight simulator lthen go to an RTF like the Aero that you can maneuver a bit.
I want to get an H9 Aero RTF just because I want to fly right now and have 2 warbirds and a Gas Patty Wag half fnished. Is there any other RTF models like the super sports 40 that come complete. I heard the Evolution engine isn't very good, but I do like the JR quatro radio. Has anyone bought one yet.

Mike,

Having had one last season (it was my second r/c plane), I can honestly say it's a great-flying plane in all respects. If you got the RTF version with the Evolution engine and three blade prop, it will be a terrific trainer. Every Evo I've had ran great out of the box, but you do need to watch that the muffler doesn't get loose from the vibration.

I converted my Arrow to a tail dragger after one accident (I made the mistake of teaching myself to fly, and like everyone else here will tell you, you're better off not repeating my mistake on that one!), but it flew well in either configuration. it had decent basic aerobatic capabilities, flew well inverted, and was a bit more maneuverable due to its semi-symetrical wing. In the end, I filtered mine through a three, so it was on to the next bird, but I'd rather have that one back than the beater trainer I now use on windy days.

Dave

I had an Arrow and really did like it.I flew it for almost a year. One day I was flying and it started making a bad sound at full speed so I was about to bring it in when the aleron fell off and took out the elevator linkage at the same time.I learned that they were not built for a lot of speed so if you put a two bladed prop on reserve a little speed. Before that I had the Alpha by hangar 9.It was a very good first plane and I taught myself with it.I flew it for a year and a half when it took a radio hit and lost her.I now fly the Twist.

cowwboyy,

Your twist looks a little twisted. LOL

I had the arrow as my first and it was easy to fly.. great plane, my only recommendation would be to epoxy the wing halves together. mine worked themselves loose in flight and the wings folded in a loop. The only piece I was able to recover was the aluminum tube that connected the halves together.. the rest is probably still 50 feet high in the trees of NW San Antonio.

BTW, the plane slows to a crawl and it very maneuverable. I put a two bladed prop on after learning the basics and wow, that was fun.

Sachin

What size two bladed prop did you use for it.

I used the 10 x 6 master airscrew this made the plane about %75 faster. LOOK OUT! the first time you switch from the three blade.

I'll just put that prop on first without using the 3 blade. I like speedy planes. I am just about finished with a WM super sports 40 low wing trainer also.
I'm not learing to fly but breaking in a new field so I'm going to get out there with the arrow and Super sports planes to avoid crashing the more advanced flying planes. Both of those planes should be fun to start flying there with.

This is a good RTF well made. The JR radio is good on power flew it 6 times and it still had more battery power. Had to dump the three blade prop
and I coted the inside of the cabin and around the motor mount with epoxy and alcahol and glued the wings together before flying it. When the engine
starts to run in I had to get the low needle out of the set rainge by opening the set screw on the colar. I found I had to go richer than the operating rainge that
was set up. It's a fun plane when the engine is set right.

I had an Arrow. I ran an OS .46 AX in it with 11x6 prop. Ran great! This was my first glow engined plane and was only on the buddy box w/instructor for 4 flights (I had been flying electric for the past 3 years). The wings on mine were epoxied with 30 minute epoxy, even the aluminum joiner. I used 14 rubber bands to hold the wing on.

Dave...

Gluing the wing is the way to go but I should have went further and glued the rudder elivator setup and not bolted it to the tail. Not because of flight but the plane rolled off my table only 1 foot and the rear of the fuse just fell apart. It took alot of work to get it back together. The rudder and stabiliser are strong but the rear of the fusalage is built very weakly built with hot glue. I would add some small blocks to the inside of it and strengthen it with epoxy like you would a firewall if I had to do it over again. When they are too easy to fly and don't get scratched on the field -sure enough they get nailed at home!!