I am new to Rc planes ...have raced 12th scale cars and the last 5 years in model railroads....lots of scratch building there...

I am putting together a slow stick but it is not filling my likes for building..... I realize that this is a good plane to learn to fly with and looking foward to that. I want to get some ideas as to a good stick build plane i could build. Would like to fly it with standard servos with electric power. I have a 6 ch futaba 6EXA radio. Willing to take the time to build....like building the best. I am new so trainer to intermediate would be good.(

ANY SUGESTIONS.....PLEASE HELP...........

Thanks

Lounurse

If building with sticks is your game a Sig Seniorita would be a good choice. It should be great with electric power. The Kadet LT-25 is another good one. It has less sticks, it is a modern kit. But it still has a low wing loading and is 25 sized as well. Oh yea the Seniorita is a 3 channel plane (rudder,elevator and throttle). The LT-25 is a 4 channel (as before with ailerons). My choice would be the LT especially if it is your first build. Both have great manuals and plans. Good luck with either one.

Mark Shuman

Thanks for the reply....going to take a look at these 2......

Louis Karolyi

Hi lounurse, its nice to see that you are asking questions before you buy! I second the LT25. Its a more solid build than the Seniorita and is therefor a better plane for learning with. It has plywood sides vs. criss crossing sticks. This means it will stand up to training bumps without coming apart. After you build it I hope that you are going to get find a RC flying club to get some "buddy box training". Trying to train yourself will be dangerous and disappointing. The experience from driving RC cars won't help you much. Meantime why not download a free flight sim called FMS that will work on most computers and try a few planes out. At least then you can see how you do on your own without costing you the price of a real plane.

A Hobby Lobby Telemaster 40 has instructions in the plans for using electric...and it's certainly a stick build-- great flying plane, too.

Good advice on the Hobby Lobby Telemaster 40. Converting any aircraft to electric is not always a simple thing. A good brushless motor and matching ESC can run up to, and sometimes over, $200. The LT25 and the Senorita are both fine models. Converting to electric would make them very nice trainers. Be sure to look up your closest flying club and their field. You will need an instructor.

MY 2 cents on e power for starting out: To get started in RC planes, glow power is easier and less costly than electric power. Glow power planes have more power which is easier in the wind unless you get into very expensive e motors with big battery packs. A normal days training consists of six ten minute flights. After that the transmitter and receiver batterys start to get low fairly fast. To get ready to go up again with glow fuel planes, you just refuel. With electric you have to replace the battery pack in the plane in between flights. To get 6 flights in, you will need 6 charged battery packs. Then at the end of the day you will have 6 battery packs to recharge as well as your transmitter batterys. Other method is to have a fast charger at the field and have 3 batterys and be recharging 1 pack while the pack that just came off the charger is cooling. See why its a bit more complicated than glow?? [8D]