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Hi i am looking to buy an aircraft and i wanted some suggestions here is what i am looking for
Almost redy to fly
Eletric
brushed
15+ minuts of fly time
Good for beginer
stable and easy to control
slow fly
can land and take off from grass
for flying in park
Can handle littel wind
0-300 dollars
Thanks for any input or suggestions
Almost redy to fly
Eletric
brushed
15+ minuts of fly time
Good for beginer
stable and easy to control
slow fly
can land and take off from grass
for flying in park
Can handle littel wind
0-300 dollars
Thanks for any input or suggestions
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A plane small enough to be a park flyer usually can't take off from grass.
To get the 15 minutes of air time you probably need LiPo batteries.
The Clancy Aviation Lazy-E-Bee sounds about right but I don't know if it will take off from grass (I don't even know if it has wheels) and I don't know how it will handle a breeze.
The small Sig electric Rascal won't take off from the grass and may be a little harder to fly.
I'm having trouble reconciling the big plane properties (take off from grass, handle a little wind) with being able to fly in a park.
What have you seen that comes close to what you want?
A plane small enough to be a park flyer usually can't take off from grass.
To get the 15 minutes of air time you probably need LiPo batteries.
The Clancy Aviation Lazy-E-Bee sounds about right but I don't know if it will take off from grass (I don't even know if it has wheels) and I don't know how it will handle a breeze.
The small Sig electric Rascal won't take off from the grass and may be a little harder to fly.
I'm having trouble reconciling the big plane properties (take off from grass, handle a little wind) with being able to fly in a park.
What have you seen that comes close to what you want?
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http://www.hobby-lobby.com/soareasy.htm
Beginner is a broad description. I wouldn't say this is for a first timer. But if you've flown before, I think this would make a good "trainer" type airplane. I wanted one for a while but bought too many other planes before I saw it. I think it would be a great 2nd or 3rd plane.
Beginner is a broad description. I wouldn't say this is for a first timer. But if you've flown before, I think this would make a good "trainer" type airplane. I wanted one for a while but bought too many other planes before I saw it. I think it would be a great 2nd or 3rd plane.
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Well i am a beginer i have bought about 5 planes but they were all like 30 dollar planes and did not fly, so i need one that will be easy to learn and fly
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http://www.hobby-lobby.com/miss2.htm
Something like this is more what you are looking for. It is big and floaty, and is only three channels (no ailerons). And it has a very forgiving wing design.
Check out Towerhobbies.com for similar 3 channel planes.
This is the plane I learned on. I had zero experience and really only crashed it the first time I flew it. I wouldn't consider this the best choice for a first plane, but it's a RTF, so you can skip the hassle of the build. And I wanted a "scale" plane, so this was it for me. Red Rocket usually gives you a second battery for free.
http://www.redrockethobbies.com/Park...100pkz1021.htm
Something like this is more what you are looking for. It is big and floaty, and is only three channels (no ailerons). And it has a very forgiving wing design.
Check out Towerhobbies.com for similar 3 channel planes.
This is the plane I learned on. I had zero experience and really only crashed it the first time I flew it. I wouldn't consider this the best choice for a first plane, but it's a RTF, so you can skip the hassle of the build. And I wanted a "scale" plane, so this was it for me. Red Rocket usually gives you a second battery for free.
http://www.redrockethobbies.com/Park...100pkz1021.htm
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alienx - I haven't seen that one before either. Looks good!
andrewtexas123 - I saw a T-shirt once that said "Friends don't let friends fly foam!" But, if you have never flown before and don't have an instructor but do have a big field then you might want to try somthing like the Easy Star just to get started.
http://www.nesail.com/detail.php?productID=2730
andrewtexas123 - I saw a T-shirt once that said "Friends don't let friends fly foam!" But, if you have never flown before and don't have an instructor but do have a big field then you might want to try somthing like the Easy Star just to get started.
http://www.nesail.com/detail.php?productID=2730
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i need some thing like this wacth the video
http://www.slowfly.com/store/view.ch...view=%23497104
the only prob is it needs to be rtr
i have changed pric range to max 200.
needs yto be balsa
http://www.slowfly.com/store/view.ch...view=%23497104
the only prob is it needs to be rtr
i have changed pric range to max 200.
needs yto be balsa
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From: new milton, UNITED KINGDOM
have a look at Puffin models website. Since you are in the UK buy a good monthly mag and check the ads. Try RCM&E, RC Model World,Quiet & Electric Flight, etc., You can get them in any good newsagent and with $200 there is plenty of choice.
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