Cool Site Man [8D] I have just been and ordered my first model plane of the net its a kyosho Spitfire 40 It looks awsome and i cant wait to get it in the air. i also ordered a osla40 i think its called and a futaba 6exa controller.

Welcome to the hobby!

You've bought a nice plane, but one that might need a little experience to fly. If you don't intend to fly a trainer to begin with, it would be a good idea to get an experienced flier to help you with a buddy box, or your first flight is most likely to be a very short one! Normally, a warbird would be about the third or fourth plane that a person would fly, after a high wing trainer then a low wing trainer.

Good luck.

-David C.

Planning on getting any help flying these or are you going to do it yourself?

whoa! hold your horses.

That type of plane is not a beginner plane. it's more of a third or fourth plane. you really need to think about getting a trainer and an instructor.

id say for u to since you already ordered the plane.. build it get it nice a ready.. and go to a local club and fly their trainer.. and simulator if u can. this way when u solo etc etc and get confortable with the sticks, u wont crash ur spitfire.

welcome to the sport BTW, and to the forums! =D its a great hobby

~Matt

Libertine,
Welcome to RCU, and I hope you've been lurking for a while and that this is a troll.

If it isn't, then please don't try to fly the Spit. Find a local club, spend a nice weekend day there watching and talking to folks. Hopefully someone will let you try flying on a "Buddy Box".

This is really much harder than it looks, and the Spit would likely be a pile of rubble within about 15 seconds after it left the ground.

Sorry,
Dennis-

Re: "the Spit would likely be a pile of rubble within about 15 seconds after it left the ground" Actually I only give it about 5 seconds! It will probably be hauled off the ground too soon, do a fast tip stall, and turn into the ground. [:'(]

Well to be honest i hadn't really thought about an instructor maybe i haven't thought it through enough or done enough research before jumping in with both feet like i normally do You see my mate ian is farmer so i was just gonna build and he said it would be okay to fly it on his land so if i do crash it there would be no-one around to get hurt ( or see ) Will the spitfire be THAT much harder to fly than a trainer?

Actually i know a field where i saw some guys flying there planes about 45 mins drive away, i might take a trip over there at the weekend and have a chat with them.

Yes it is. War planes will tip stall so fast on take-off and landing approach. Like the others have said, use the radio and engine you planned on, but get a trainer like the PT-40 or Hobbico Avistar. Even with these, please find an instructor with a buddy box.

First let me state that a trainer isn't even easy to fly, until you learn how!

If you tried to fly a trainer without instruction, chances are withing 15 seconds of getting airborne, you'll be walking out to pick up the splinters.

Go talk to you buddies who are 45 min away. It will be the best 45 minute drive you ever took!