I had some expireience flying glow planes 10 years ago and recently started up again but with electrics.
I bought a Hobbico Park Pilot and found it to be more of a toy. I wanted to get a decent beginer/int plane 3/4 channels but not sure which direction to go in. Other than the plane itself I was looking for the best type of battery and charger to use before I buy a charger.
I have seen good reviews on lithium especially lenth of flight and weight characteristics but was'nt sure if they could be used in most or all planes. Also I am more interested in ARFs but would like more power and wingspan between 35"and 45".
If anyone can help me it would be great. Email me if you have any good ideas.
Thanks...Joe

Sky Skooter Pro 2- A neat little electric that comes complete, flies more like the "big ones", (a little faster than a parky) and costs 149.99 from Tower. Three channel radio though, (aileron elevator, throttle) which might be O.K.if you just want to do some flying to get back into it. If you find your enjoying yourself, keep it, or sell it, or pass it along.
Can't comment on the lithium batteries, but check out the electric forums for that.

Look up Mountain Models. They have some exceptional electrics.

The Sig Rascal electric is reported to be a good flying electric.

Keep in mind, to get .40 size glow power in an equivalent electric is going to be pretty costly.

You could also try EZone, it's a site dedicate to electric flight and has a LOT of good info.
http://www.ezonemag.com/

Welcome to RCU, and welcome back to RC!
Dennis-

I did something like that, quit flying 12 years ago and started back a few years a go with park flyers in the school yard,,the sky scooter is probably a good idea, and mountain models too..although I started with GWS stuff.. you might want to go over the electric forum and ask,,there is new stuff all the time and I went back to glow with 1/2a stuff,, a park flyer with lithium cells (boring) 30 minutes of 10 mph flights? no thanks but 15 minutes on a sky scooter[X(] anyway I have seen that on a video,, there is looooooooots to choose from so check around ,,tower hobbies is hot on the park flyers now too because its the latest craze and a lot of them are ARF,, but do ask BEFORE you buy, lots of them get bad reviews here in the real world ,but great reviews in the paid advertisement world of magazines and they are all GUILTY of that.....Rog

i second the sky scooter. great plane, extremely durable, and cheap. I fly mine as much or even more then my other models. (ranging in size from a .46 up to a 25cc gas)

thanks for the info everyone...good group

well the park pilot bit the dust today due to the wind conditions and the lack of restraint in letting my friend take the stick...but I digress

oh well just have to buy a new plane

can't seem to locate any info on the sky scooter though
any links?

I have a SoarStar, its a good plane for beginers/int. I'm acualy traning three people on mine now. If you push it alittle you can get it to do stalls, inverded, loops, rolls, wingovers, and some other stuff. I have beaten the **** out of mine and you put some epoxy on it and all is well. I have snaped the wings off in three places, snaped the vertical and horizontal stabalizers off, smashed the fuse. in many, many times, and broken the body in two and it still flys after i epoxied it. Sadly they are getting harder to find, but the Wingo is the same thing, exept it doesnt have a geared motor. Even though it isnt the prettiest plane it flys nicely

I took your advice and went to http://www.ezonemag.com/ and read some good articles.
I am actually yhinking of purchasing a Mad Max.
It looks a little advanced for me but I think I need airlerons and definately need more power.
Thanks, joe

Good luck with it, but be careful because the Mad Max is a really responsive plane. Easy to get into trouble with it.
Dennis-