well fellas,
I was in this hobby and flying up untill about 2 years ago. now I want to get back to flying again. I sold all my old planes but still have radios and flight line equipment stuff. so I need to select a plane to get started again.
My delema is what to get. should I get a trainer and start over at the bottom?? (im leaning that a way) or should I get a sport or H9 arrow .40? I dont know where to get started and really dont want to get a plane thats over my head.


WHich one should I get??

If you feel your rough around the edges then a trainer might not be a bad idea...or at least a good top wing plane. Any trainer would do in that case.

Or, you could buy a PC flight sim and a nice sport plane, equivalent to what you were flying when you quit.

Use the sim for a couple of weeks to knock the cobwebs off your thumbs, and then pick up with the sport plane and carry on.

Rick

H9 Arrow is a pretty good plane to get back into the sport. It's pretty stable - as stable as a lot of basic trainers are but because it has a semi symetrical airfoil it can be a lot of fun.
You'll probably feel comfortable using that until you get your thumbs back in.

sounds like a job for a sig 4star if you ask me

Since you`ve got experience, if you wanted to " break back in " with high wing trainer type, I`d recommend looking at an Avistar.

hey guys,
Are those digital rpm meters worth any thing? or is it more of a useless gaget? im on rougerc about to check out and thought about picking one of those up while i was there. they are giveing me free shipping!!!

How come nobody has asked Sarges what he was flying before he left the hobby? That might make a difference.

Jim

twist 3d .40 was the last plane, but not many hours on it.

Then you definitely don't need a trainer. The 4 Star or the Tiger 2 would be a good place to re-start I would think. 90% of your skills will come back on the first day.

Jim

then what about a H9 Arrow .40??? it sounds like its a bit more advanced than the avistar but not to much, maybe it would be about right??

If all of your experience before the Twist was on high-wingers, then the Arrow is probably what you want. If you have any significant low-wing time, going back to a high-winger will bore you in a hurry.

Jim

well H9 Arrow has been ordered and I even found a .46 evolution engine for it on the RCU Classifieds, only payin $40 dollars for it too!! this should be reall good!!

It turns out the arrow is back back ordered right now. so im canceling the order. im still looking for a new aircraft to start out with. what should I look for?

I it back ordered from horizon? Or was it? I had the site tell me 1/2 my order was on backorder but turns out they had it all in stock. Guy on phone said it takes a few days to update site when stuff comes in. Just a thought.

guy on email said first week on november before they can get it to me. I was hoping some one else had it in stock or some thing else that was similar would be in stock.

That's next week. Can't you wait?

Jim

NOOOO!!! I guess I didn't look at a calender to see how far away that was. oh well im looking at some less expensive models now.

to day is the first, your wait is almost over

Be careful. You get what you pay for in this hobby.

Jim