hello,

right now my dad owns a bmw 740i, and we have just enough room to get both of our trainers in there, well when im done with the trainer i want to move on but was wondering how... we dont have any room... are there any tips u guys can give us besides getting a trailer cause my dad is not gunna like the idea of buying/ puting a huge trailer on the back of the beamer lol and i dont even think the bmw could pull it.

im gunna be 16 ina year so then well have more room but for now what do we do????

Get rid of the beamer. No self respecting RCer would be caught dead in one. What good is a car that you can't haul airplanes in???

Tell your dad if he can afford a 7 series BMW, then he can afford to go buy a used beater pickup for the rc field!

How about a nice used minivan. Dodge Caravans can be had used for a song anymore. There are lots of good deals on used minivans because there are so many out there. You can haul a pile of planes inside the car. And have lots of room left over. Plus they are comfortable and ride nice. They are great to go shopping with (imagine how many plane kits you can cram in one!). Your mother will love it (make brownie points for dad too).

Mark Shuman

I don't think a four star or tiger II or any of the 40 size second kinda plane would be any bigger than your trainer.

lol we dont have anywhere to put the van anyways, we have a 2 car garage, my dads740 on one side and my moms M3 on the other (BLING LOL) haha and on the weekends my bros home from school and puts his car on the street and thats the only room we havei dont even know where were gunna put my car when im 16[X(]

You may not realize this, but when you start dating, you REALLY want the minivan. Trust me on this. Convince your dad that YOU need the minivan for R/C. The other uses don't need to be mentioned to your parents

If you don't have a work shop, thats what the garage is for. Put the damn Beamer in the driveway where it belongs.

( Retired Beamer tech, 33 years. )

A good friend will keep you from doing stupid things... alone.

I thought the 4 wheelers were "Bimmers" and the bikes wer eBeemers, but that's why I drive an Audi, can never remember. I drive an A4 and can get 3 planes in it confortably, two with a kid or one with two kids. Largest plane I transport though is a Top Flite P-39, although the Rascal's wings are the longest. It's all in how you pack them, and no I don't have anything sticking out the sunroof or out the trunk.

I have a Toyota Corolla, my wife drives a mini-van.

With the small part the back-seat tipped down (it is a 60/40 split seat) I can get an Ultra-Sport 40+ plane into the trunk with the wing on still.

A 740 should be able to do the same with a 1.20 size plane!

gus

I don't know if they still exist, but there used to be a pretty good selection of .25 powered sport planes out there, with wingspans in the 48" range. There was a Tiger in that size I think, and quite a few others. I'm not sure they didn't all become extinct, but if you look around you might find something.

You may just have to leave a trainer at home, then just about any of the .40 size sport planes should be ok. Though be aware that the dimenstions can vary a lot. A Funtana 40, for example, has a much bigger fuse than your typical trainer, and the wing chord is a lot bigger and the wing is much thicker, but the wingspan is noticeably shorter. Most of the typical good 2nd planes, however, are pretty close to trainers in size and shape, just low wing instead of high wing.

the pickup bed makes a nice bed.
offroading, go anywhere, better spots.
that'll be use to find flying spots of course.

the SIG SE wing are in two halves

you can unscrew the aluminum landing gears for transport for most planes.

If you can't get the bigger birds in that bimmer, then you aren't creative enough. I could get all my big birds in the benz and the inside can't be much bigger than the bimmer. Do what I did, get the dodge quad with the hemi and put a topper on it. You can get as many planes in the back as you want and still take 6 in the front, and you will get to the field darn fast!