does anyone know of a micro plane? and when i say micro i mean micro! like really really really small. thanks! small so that you dont need a big open field to fly.

There are several Micro-sized flyers available. Check out the Parkzone J-3 Ultra micro Cub, Ultra-micro Champ, the ultra micro T-28 Trojan, and the Vapor at www.horizonhobby.com- they under the Bind-n-fly section and the ready to fly section.

There is also the Micro-stik from eRC- that one is distributed through www.hobby-lobby.com

There are a couple from hobbico as well. They have the Playmate and the albatross.

These are all really small- small eough to be flown in a gymnasium!

Good luck!

There are several. The Vapor is pretty cool. One other that is very different from that is The Bug. http://www.lightflite.com/

I have two of them. They are a blast to fly. The pilot at the demo at WRAM a couple years ago had this thing "landing" on the wall, yeah, the vertical wall.. and nosed it up to the ceiling and held it there. Then he cut the throttle and it fell to the ground like a leaf, bounced once or twice. He walked up to it, turned it over, and flew away. Very cool.

CGr.

okay thanks guys i will check all of these out.

which one of the parkzone rc planes would be easy enough for a beginner to fly? im thinking about in my backyard which is around 2400sq. ft-2500sq. ft. i like the trojan 28-t ultra micro, but whichever one is best for my limited space amount would be good

Go to the web site I noted for The Bug and watch their video. As I said, I fly the clasic Bug and it was just as easy to fly, if not easier, than a lot of the trainers out there. You can tone it down to behave like a floater, or make it more radical to do all sorts of aerobatics, hovering, and so on.

CGr

None of them are small enough to fly in a backyard that size in a beginner's hands. If there is a park that you can fly in or maybe a soccer field the Hobby Zone Super Cub is tough to beat as a simple beginner's plane, assuming it's set up right. The micros are more difficult to fly than the bigger models so you'll need some space to recover from mistakes.

Plantraco Butterfly.

i will check out the bug, and where can i find the plantraco butterfly? is that also the same thing as the bug?

Well, the Vapor is, but it's quite light and reacts pretty badly to wind... as do most of those very small and very light aircraft. But, The Bug is pretty neat, and, as it turns out, pretty tough!!! It uses a 320 mah 2 cell LiPo and a very small "CD-ROM" type motor.

CGr.

Perhaps I didn't make my point as clearly as I should have. Yes, there are planes that can fly in small spaces. But a backyard is going to have not only wind but also obstacles. Experienced flyers may be able to handle that, but beginners are just going to crash. The Bug does look like fun but still should be flown in a bigger space than the OP was talking about.

I've been down this road before. I bought an UM 4 Site last year after about 3 years in the hobby. I wanted to just try it out in the backyard, and after a couple of 2 second flights and one that lasted nearly 5 and ended with a roof landing, I figured out I needed more space. I have a park nearby with about an acre of open space surrounded by trees that act as a wind break. It flies well out there on calm days, but any air turbulence makes it a handful. What I learned was that micro planes are made to fly well in big indoor spaces like gyms and hangars. You need horizontal space to maneuver in and you need vertical space to recover in.

If outdoors is where your flying has to be, then bigger planes that can take some wind are best along with the open space to move around in.

Well, I guess it's all relative. When I was growing up in Massachusetts, my backyard was 130 x 250.. quite large for a "back yard". That doesn't mean I flew RC there, it only means it was large..

But, I get your point, I got it the first time around, and agree with you. I just wanted to point out that many of these "small" models can be flown in confined spaces. The Bug, for instance, was demonstrated in an area just about the size of, what one could call, a normal back yard sized area, which I would judge to be about 90 x 90 or so, considering that most frontage for home is about 90 feet wide and many home yards are rectangular in shape.

Anyway, like anything else, the wind plays a factor in just about everything we do with RC aircraft, from the smallest to the largest. It all depends on what we are comfortable flying with. For a beginner, any wind can be a problem.

That's how I crashed my first plane, a Skylark 56. I flew it in wind that was to strong for my capabilities and level of experience, and that was at our club field which is 3500 feet long!! Now, of course, well, I fly anything I want, but I am more conscious of the wind than I was when I first started out. Heck, all these light electrics can be a handful in wind.

CGr

I didn't see any little helicopters discussed here. I'm not a helicopter flyer but have seen videos of guys haveing a blast flying them in a tiny back yard. The point is they are flying something.  A friend who never flew a thing got one for christmas and is doing well in his small back yard in Southern calif.


AltaTed

i had a micro heli a few months ago. It's a blade msr. It was a blast to fly inside and very fast. I flew it outside a few times too. But they are extremely sensitive to even the smallest amount of wind. If you aren't careful, it will quickly get blown away from you. I had the most fun flying the micro heli in my basement. A large indoor venue would be a complete blast.

Ifly my Butterfly outside but only in no wind. They have a lot of cool stuff. http://www.microflight.com/Online-Catalog

I fly my micro cub in the back yard...but my the space I fly in is appox 350' x 200'...so there is plenty of room

i also fly, well...i should say "hover around" my 450 heli there too.  I am still too new with helis to actually try and fly it this close to my house.  Last thing I want to do is have to patch a roof or replace a window because of the heli crashing through.

I also have a Firebird Phantom that I have flown back there.  Its almost too much as it can get a little fast when there is no wind and it being a pod type system...is easy to lose orientation at altitude.

I prefer to fly at our club field...no matter what it is Im flying.  But having a couple small planes and the heli makes it nice to be able to fly without having to make a trip to the field.  This especially being the case during the week after work, when I never go to the club field.

yeah well im a rc car guy (more specifically monster trucks ) and i just thought of taking a shot at micro rc planes. i have a park but i cant drive there whenever i want; im 13 yrs old so i don't have a car lol. thats why i was looking to a micro plane i can fly in my backyard since my parents wont want to always take me to the park to fly :/

Plantracos are a riot and easy to fly.

okay i will check them out.

what about the parkzone Ember 2? they are flying that in a very small confined area in the video on their website. would this plane be okay?

Yes, the Ember 2 is a great plane! My 9 yr old son flies his in a gym, and even in an airplane hanger. Fun to fly too!

okay thanks guys i guess i will be getting the ember 2. im not really looking into bigger rc planes; just micro ones. the ember 2 seems like a nice plane so i will be getting that.

Sweet little plane. And a 3 channel, my plantraco is only 2 channels. Only down side the Spectrum radio requirement, Icant afford one yet.