? Your first RC plane
 

What was your first RC plane? Was talking with a fellow flyer and the subject came up.

Mine was a Cleveland kit of an Aeronca Champ (about a 56" wing I think), doped on silk then painted, Ambriod glue. OS MAX 30, Heath Kit 6ch radio. 1969 (the year we went to the moon)

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Debolt LiveWire, Veco .19, Bonner Vari-comp, Charley C/G reciever and transmitter. Flew nice (as long as I left the pickle alone)
The best oldie was a Falcon with Veco .45, Kraft 10 channel reed gear (really had to have fast thumbs there lotsa toggle switches)

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Goldber Falcon 56 with K&B 40 and a Futaba 6channel brown box.
I had it about half covered with Monokote when I realized I needed to peel the backing off!
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JLK

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My first plane was a Kaos 40. My chosen instructor said "go ahead and buy it ( used ) I can teach anyone to fly on anything". You guess it, it lasted about 8.5 seconds after he gave me the controls. I then bought a Thunder Tiger Skylark 40. This was an ARF trainer and this was 1985. ARF's have come a long way baby. Bottom line is I learned to fly and 21 years and 10's of thousands of $'s later I'm still at it :D

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Before we drown in vintage gear :)

GWS E-Starter electric high-wing trainer. Two years ago. Still flying as my "wind check" plane.

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Altech Marketing - 72" Pilatus Porter, with Enya 53 Great trainer semi scale too!

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Great story. I laughed out loud.

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Goldberg Gentle Lady, followed up with a Goldberg SkyTiger

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S-Ray by Lou Andrews


Roby

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Midwest Lil'T, converted to two channels, with an 049 power pod. Radio was a homebuilt prototype 7 channel that was to be marketed by Delta Systems (later of rc car fame) with two huge bonner servos. Summer of 68, finally got it safely flying in '70

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Zagi 400x electric. Taught myself how to fly on that one. ;)

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Balsa USA Stick 40 (with ailerons) , which was quickly replaced with a Goldberg Eagle 2.

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My first plane was a scratch built. Flat 36 inch wing, I didn't know you could get 48 inch wood, Veco 19, Blue Max 3+1 homebuilt radio, R/E/M controls, turned poorly. I'd crash it every week, but it was always ready the next weekend. The first that I flew well was a Midwest foam Cardinal with the Veco in it.

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my 1st plane was the G3 sim followed buy a H9 ultra stick 60 with a OS 91 FX bought from a friend that wanted to get me hooked on flying. it worked!!! 3 weeks into flying the stick i dumb thumbed it into the ground, had a new one built in 3 days and was back in the air. now have 35% yak, 72" QQ yak, Jerry"s Big boy, and still have the stick. and its only been 1 year. this is a great hobby with great people and i'm a happy guy.

randy racer

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Sig LT 40.

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First plane was a Hustler the old man built. Great plane to learn on till he shredded when he forgot to put the aerial up. Then got a Seagull/Phoenix Boomerang. Served me well, till it was handballed off to another learner 12 months later.:D:D:D:D

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The number one all time best trainer, IMNSHO.

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Goldberg Falcon 56mkII covered in monokote
OS .35 FSR
Kraft 6 channel radio
Red Max fuel
Dubro Tires/Wheels

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Lanier Transit with Ailerons, Kraft Series 70 4 channel, Supertiger 46.

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My first plane was a 33% Aeroworks Extra 330L...the first plane I owned and flew though was a thunder tiger trainer...

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mine was the A-Ray - i think it was designed by Lou Andrews. I built it myself, with some advice from the guys in the CORKS out of Columbus, Ohio. It had a Kraft 4 channel digital proportional radio- one of the early versions, as this in about 1973 a few years after digital proportional radios came into use. it had an orange colored case. the engine was a .35 - not sure which brand- maybe an enya? it flew very well - but then from my very limited knowledge at that time ANYTHING would seem to fly well :) :) :). but I didn't crash it!!

ed

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First plane was a kit built Sig Kadet LT40 with a Super Tigre 45 & a JR Maxx 4 radio. It's life came to an end when I tried to pull out of a high speed loop without throttling back. That was before I learned to practice good throttle control. The elevator pushrod could'nt handle the pressure & you know the rest of the story. Moved on to a kit built 4*40 with all of the transplants from the Kadet.

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About 25 years ago, my dad converted an old silk and dope control line plane of unknown origin to R/C bought a Perry Carb for an old K&B .35 control line engine. Flew great until someone at the local club turned on their transmitter. I remember him saying, "beautiful inverted spin, where did you learn that?" It was .2 nano seconds later I yelled, "22, who's on 22???"

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25 years ago? Wouldn't it have been Who's on orange white or red white?;)

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It was Brown and White :D

Man, just think what it would be like at the local field now with only 6 frequencies??? [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]