A friend of mine who lives down the street has been wanting to learn to fly for a couple of years now. He always stops to say hello and we talk planes,,,anyhow, last night, he knocks on my door and asks me to look some R/C equipment over. He was being offered a TT.61GP, Hobbico field box, 12v starter, power panel, glow plug wrench, plug igniter, 12v 7amp battery, ball screw drivers and more. The engine looked practically brand new. All this for $100. I told him to jump on it, or I would.

My question is, I started out in electrics so my transition to glow didn't involve trainers. I started with a 4*60. I have flown a friend's Sig Senior Kadet and a Hobbico avistar. I told him the .61 was probably too big for the Avistar and probably good for the Kadet, but the Kadet was more than he wanted to spend. Any suggestions for a trainer that can take a .61 2 stroke.

thanks,

Yes most trainers are 40 size so you are little limited the hangar 9 alpha looks ideal but i dont think you can buy just the plane i think it comes with the evoultion 61 and the jr quatro. You could try having a look at the modelfly cessna 177 cardinal it is a trainer that is semi-scale although i think is aimed at beg-int you should be alright though with an instrctor and looks a lot better than the normal trainers.

I know nothing about it, but Tower has this one for $120:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCAS1&P=0

That looks like a great choice for a trainer that will take a 60 and it's quite reasonable aswell.

An LT40 might be able to handle a .60 nicely. A .46FX doesn't really have enough power for this plane, IMHOP. It flies good but vertical is seriously lacking. The weight for this engine isn't listed at tower. I used to have TT's website. Seems like the GP's don't weigh as much as their bearing cousins. He could probably get away with putting it on a .46 size trainer.

Good to know. So the GP version has bushing in lieu of bearings?

Yep, it does.

I thought it might work. Plus there's the $20 off any orders over $150 til June 30.

I learned to fly with s SIG LT40. I would recommend any BB .46. A .60 would be fine for an experienced pilot, but a beginner will be more likely to get into trouble, try to pull out of the dive at full throttle, and leave the wing behind![X(]

Adrian

I had one of the tower 60 size planes. I got it in a trade new in the box. I put it together and installed a TT 60 GP on it. The engine fits nicely on the plane. I sold it to one of my friends and he loves it. He said it flies great and has plenty of power. He flies with an instructor who also likes how the plane flies. My first trainer was a PT 60 from great planes. It only comes in a kit and not as an ARF. The tower plane is about the same size as a Sig LT 40 so that plane might work good also. Tell him to give the tower plane a try.

Rick

Hey Rick, thanks for chiming in. I'll see what he thinks about the Tower trainer? Take care,