I have lots of experience with on ground rc's but zilch with flight. I'm looking to get into flying but need some suggestions as far as what I should get. What's the revo version of the sky? any tips or suggestions as far as brushless or glow fuel engines? Any suggestions are greatly appriciated! [8D]

Wow!!! What an open question.......First..if you can handle an R/C car you can probably fly. Your choice depends a lot on the flying enviroment, and what others are flying. Best bet is to go to a local R/C club site and see what is going on. There are many many options available in both fuel and electric. Starting from scratch, the cost will be fairly equal. Fuel is somewhat messy, but electric needs multiple batts and chargers to keep in the air at the field. Check out plug and play trainers that cost about $400.00 or Tower Hobbies "package" deals. Most electrics, in my opinion, do not perform well in any windy conditions. Resist the temptation to get the biggest, fastest thing going and learn to walk before you try to run.... Most clubs will have an instructor or intro-pilot to help you out. Good luck and don't jump in feet first, having fun is the primary objective. Cliff

I would start by checking into a local hobby shop. Get some info on clubs in the area that you can fly at. If there are a few visit them to see if it's somewhere you want to spend time.

Once you get with a club ask for help on picking a good plane to start with and get connected to a trainer.

I would start this route for a few reasons. A club you may wind up going to may not allow gas or glow planes. You want a trainer to start, harder to fly then drive the Traxxas around.

Better to start right and enjoy yourself then to start wrong and dump a bunch of cash.

Scary... Some one who thinks sorta like I do......... Saly...sre you my long lost brothe??? (hope not), Drone

Too bad you're in the wrong state. As much as I enjoy the hobby, I can't afford this and flying full-scale so I'm going to sell off my stuff locally... which brings up a good point - find a local field. I'll bet you can hook up with someone willing to sell some basic stuff pretty reasonable. Probably a good idea to learn on an old beater instead of something brand new.

The ultimate "scale" flier..... When I wanted to I couldn't afford it...When I could afford it I didn't want to.. a perplexity....so R/C is the pacifier...Cliff

Yeah I know this was gonna be a real broad topic. I have a gigantic open field accros the street from my house and was talking to a guy after running my cars/trucks that comes out and flies every once and a while. I'm hoping I can catch him again soon, but I have a jacked up sched. Anyway, after watching him fly for a while I said im gonna have to get one now. He suggested to get that trainer software that tower has and tinker with it for a while to get a jist of what suits me best. So I'm probably gonna do that. In the mean time though I gotta start searching and narrowing the selections. I want something fast (of course) and aerobatic capibilities. Thats a good idea with the clubs, I'll have to look into that and see if there are any around me. If anyone resides in Illinois I live out in the western suburbs about 25 minutes outside of chicago. I believe theres one about 30 minutes south east of me at this field that I always see at least 2 or 3 planes up.

ok frist try this page just put in your zip code and it should give you most of the clubs in your area http://www.modelaircraft.org/clubsearch.aspx

now as many people have stated you need a trainier frist ..hers a list of pretty good planes that we teach people to fly with here in the south land tower trainier 60 , nextstar , pt-60, ect its going to cost about 600 bucks to get your plane , the radio , a starter ( for finger reasons ) and other misc field equipment

small steps grasshopper . you need to get were you can take off and land safely frist and if you are going to be flying ya might want to invest the 58 buck to ama( Academy of Model Aeronautics. ) and get the insurance just in case you hurt your self or others that might be in the area around you . or you crash in to someones car or house . never hurts to be cautious !!!

i work for a hobby shop and i can tell you that there are many that dont listen to advice and go about it on there own and then they get up set at us due to the fact they cant fly and crash the plane , heli , truck , ect it is best to get help , it can be very fustraing at frist but once you get the hang of it , you will be good to go , im even teaching the owner of the hobby shops son these value's now due to the fact that he dosent know how to fly and has only been up twice on a buddie box and he tryied to fly by himself and now has a nice gash on his nee cap becouse he wasnt paying attion to what he was doing .

morle of this small steps at frist then you go on to something biger and better

good luck with your new found hobby and be safe !!!!

David
mcallen texas

If you want to do it yourself, and not at an established RC field, get a GWS Slow Stick and start with that. Anything fast and aerobatic will be destroyed within seconds if you've never flown before. The SS will be enough of a handful without an instructor, but will get you up that extremely steep learning curve without destroying the plane. They are cheap and durable........ No need for brushless right away, but I'd go lipo if you think you're gonna stick with the electric planes. Although, if you already have nicd chargers and stuff for the cars, that might be a better alternative to begin with.

Even if you are flying by yourself in a famrer's field, get the AMA..... It's pretty cheap and at least you have some coverage if something happens.

If you have someone else heloing you, then I'd defer to what they are comfortable with using to train......

it's a fun hobby..... If you like the cars, you'll LOVE the planes!