Hey everyone......any opinions on this RTF would be appreciated. I am still getting my GWS Cub guys......but this one looks like some fun....or even the airstrike maybe?......anyone tried these? Thanks

Janet, if it's the electric version, DON'T get it!! I had an Airstrike a couple of years ago and never could get it to fly right....it was overweight and underpowered......I even had a much more experienced pilot fly it and he couldn't get it to stay up either. It was a complete waste of money. Get something like one of the GWS warbirds......or the GWS A-10.....ohhhhh yeahhhhh....

Hey Janet,
Best advice I can give is to stay away from anything Megatech puts out. They have a couple that fly, barely, but it isn't worth the risk.
Dennis-

Good advice here on Megatech products. I tried flying the gas version that was bought by a guy at work. He got it through the "Skymall" catalog that you get on airliners so he could fly with me. Anyway. Its fuse is made of thick plastic with a really cheap foam wing. The wing cord is too short as well as the span. CG was an afterthought. This plane is not built to fly and if it does get airborne, it flies like a drunk squirrel that has fallen out of a tree.

Janet,
Have you looked into the Kyosho Cessna 180? I just bought one this Spring and really like it. It goes together well and takes one standard and one micro servo. The motor isn't that gutsy but is good for now. It takes hand launching well and uses a standard 6 or 7 cell pack. Tower has them on sale. I think the combo will get you into the same price range as the Megatech, but you'll have a plane that will fly.

Best wishes in shopping for a plane,
Scott

I know the skyliner isn't a good plane and I wish I would of done some research before buying but I didn't. I tried returning it but they said after I flew it and crashed it , then it is mine. Well what Im posting about is I have an electric skyliner and I am totally new to rutter and elevator controls. I am very good with the 2 channel planes and thought I could jump into a 3 channel pretty easy. I ave flown it 5 times and every time, I bend the gear shaft and I am out of luck. Megatech is so back ordered on these (1 month) I cant get them very easy, so when mine come in, I want to be a little more knowledgeable. Last time I flew, I did keep it up for about 30 seconds and when I turned, it dove straight into the ground. While it was going straight, it flew great. Is there a trick to turning cesna type planes? Shoud I maybe use the rutter adjustter instead of the real control to turn with for starts? It is a prettyy cool plane (looks) for the money and it does haul A^*. (about 40-50mph) but I dont know enough about flying to keep it up in a turn. Is there any good books that I could read that might help me with the basics. I dont have a good club nearby to goto for help. These guys are not so friendly. They acted like I was an intruder and a burden so I left very quickly (felt very unconfortable). So its just me and my 8 year old son. Any advice on flying would be appreciated. And like I said, it did fly great straight, it even glided very well when I let off throttle. But the turn kills it every time!
Thanks for any advice,
Brian

Brian, it's probably not you, it's the plane. I had the electric Airstrike and thought it was me also......after flying glow models for a while, I couldn't keep the Airstrike in the air. I even had a more experienced pilot fly it to make sure it wasn't me, and he couldn't keep it up either. They're just plain junk. I've had a few other electrics that fly MUCH better than the megatech Airstrike, Capitol Flyer, Skyliner electric planes.

Mike

I have to agree with megatech being junk. I bought the p51d megatech mustang, and was flying it great me being a beginner and all, I just cant land yet, the ground keeps moving on me, but back to this megajunk, as I'm flying the tailwing keeps sliding under the rudder so thus no elevator and **CRASH, now I have a glow on the way, I hope this thunder tiger is a good trainer, and yes I too am waiting on gearshafts for the megatech.