Hi. My son just got a Yellow Bee RC Plane. After putting it together and making sure it worked, we took it out to a field to fly it. He flew it about 15 seconds then right into a chain link fence. While it was in the fence, he kept pressing the accelerator and making the propellers spin, so I had him power off the remote while I retrieved the plane. I powered off the plane and checked for damage. It was pretty beat up, but the main body and wings were still all attached, so we decided to try again. We powered on the plane and the remote. He pressed the accelerator and nothing happened.

We came home and I took it apart to get a better look at the motors and the other electronics. I'm no expert, but everything appears to be fine. The documentation that came with this thing isn't very helpful. Nothing saying what the lights on the remote mean, or what the beeping sound is, or anything helpful. So I don't know if it's the plane, the remote, both? Im at a complete loss. And since the motors were working even after the crash, I don't think the crash did it. It was fine until we turned it off.

Please help.

Hi HCP, welcome to the forum. Is this the airplane you bought:

Radio Control Airplane, Yellow Bee | eBay

Always turn the airplane off first and on last. Sounds like you lost bind

There is no bind. It's 72mhz.

I have one of these in my garage. It flew for about 15 seconds once. I found 3 extra wings for it on clearance a few years ago and bought them. But have never felt the plane was worth it to take out again. As for diagnosing your problem, I'd use a meter to see if you have voltage going to each motor. If you don't, trace the wires back to the speed controllers and see what you have there. Chances are the crash broke a connection that didn't fully let go until after you moved the plane and looked it over.

As for flying Yellow Bees, all I can say is good luck. They have very poor maneuverability, cannot handle any wind, and aren't durable. If there is any obstacle around you will hit it because the plane is essentially a powered glider that can turn a little. Get the biggest most open space around on a windless day and hope for the best. You can't turn while landing or the plane will spin into the ground. It's best to just ditch it in some tall grass to soften the landing. FWIW, there are way better planes out there for beginners for not much more money. These bargain ones are the cause of many trying model planes and giving up because they are so hard for a beginner to fly.

The problem HCD with that airplane is it has no flight controls but yet it is sold as a Radio Control airplane. Well the excuse is it does have independent throttles for the two motors and the idea is more throttle on one side will cause a slight turn and supposedly both throttle up will cause a slight climb. Its an almost useless system that really does not work much and there have been dozens of toys over the years that were this make believe radio Control.

Even if one can get a few starched glides from it, It will teach your son nothing about flying or flying real radio control airplanes. The 29, 39, and 49 bucks these things have been sold for is a waste of money. To get into a real radio control airplane you will have to spend 200, 250 bucks but these will do what both you and your kid have been dreaming of.

John

There are flyable planes for less than that. Not as good mind you, but there are cheaper options if the goal is to simply get in the air.

Here's a page that has some decent ones. The Bixler is an old standby for the "cheap and simple" crowd, which I don't mean in any way as a negative.

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobby-pl...r-trainer.html

Now, all that said, there is one thing the planes don't come with- flying skills. This hobby is a skills based activity. You wouldn't buy your child a 900 horsepower race car and turn him loose in it because you understand he doesn't know how to drive it. You wouldn't put him on a set of skis or give him a rifle to go and shoot without proper instruction either. This is no different. Many people get into this hobby because they are looking for a toy, thinking all there is to flying is deciding that you want the plane to stay in the air and follow your commands. The technology is there now to make them do that, but it'll cost you. What's a lot cheaper and far more satisfying in the long run is to get with an experienced pilot and get some instruction. I don't know what your budget or level of commitment is for this, but joining a club is a great way to learn. If that isn't an option for you, then the AMA's website has a park pilot connection that could possibly get you in touch with someone who will teach your son to fly.

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how do I start a new thread?

Hi Jospeh, just go back one page to the thread listing page in this forum (beginners) and st the top left side of the page is blue box with round ends that says New Thread, punch that and type your thread title then type away

John

Yes.