I'm looking for the slowest and easiest plane to fly, my uncle wants to get back in to flying RC but even the basic trainers are to fast. Can anyone help? THX

My brother has a sig kadet senior with a .46 evolution engine on it. I think that's the slowest thing I've ever seen. It has an 80" wingspan, so it's easy to see. Very pretty bird in the air and on the ground! That thing flies so slow, you could probably out-run it down the runway. I'd definitely recommend that. I think I'm going to get one so my wife can get into flying. It will also do basic aerobatic stuff as well. Good all-around airplane. Little more costly than most trainer arfs, but worth every penny! (Tower has it for 219, but your LHS may be the same or a little cheaper. My brother got his at LHS for 199).

Out Run a Sig Cadet Senior???? We have one at our field with a 46. I can Our WALK it. LOL From what I have seen that would be the way to go. And it's huge.

I flew a Kadet Senior about 10 years ago with an OS 40 in it. It was so stable and slow I soloed after one buddy session. I could take off and land the first day I flew it. I highly recommend it for someone who wants a VERY easy trainer. The building was a little involved but perfect for a first kit if your new to building. The fuselage is built up rather then the long complete pieces of balsa in other trainers. This also keeps it very light. It didn't take long though to get kind of boring. With just a 40 in it a loop required a bit of diving first to get enough speed. No "stock" ailerons are the biggest draw back I see. Rolls are next to impossible without them (at least for me) . I flew it 3 channel and had a blast with it.

Stan

The arf comes with ailerons. I can't speak for the kit, though. If you buy the arf, you will have pre-covered ailerons, but you will have to hinge them yourself. It is a dual servo setup, so flaperons are possible, although as slow and stable as it is, you will definitely not need them to land. Probably if you deployed them, it would never land into a wind... like the energizer bunny, just keep going, and going, and going....
I think the consensus is you've found your plane--just go buy it. The really neat thing is it is sooooo big, and only requires a 40 size engine, and regular servos.

If he'd consider electric planes, and he lives in a place where you get a fair amount of weather with very little to no winds, there is always the GWS Slow Stick.

The cadet senior as mentioned is a good choice. Several of the "old" guys who have trouble seeing at our club use gliders like the Gentle Lady with a power pod.

Kent

Another vote for the Kadet Senior. The LT-40 Kadet is also an excellent choice, but maybe I'm partial as that was my first plane.

I'm the proud owner of that Sig Kadet Sr. I absolutely love it. Nice and slow and no bad tendencies at all. Very pretty bird as well. Boring? Well, I wouldn't call it boring after you've mastered it, (and I have), I'd call it "hungry for something more". I have a stik on order and am looking forward to flying it. I flew my dad's easy sport 40 and it was lots of fun, but I always like to go back to that Kadet. A fellow club member owns one just like mine and we will get in the air together and try some basic manuevers in sync. When we manage to get close, it's awesome to look at and a real crowd pleaser too!

That's kindof the reason I said the Senior first in my post. There's 3 guys in the Great Falls, MT club (Big Sky RCers) that have mathcing Seniors, and the stuff they do with them is amazing to say the least. They all do synched manuevers, chasing each other...and lots more stuff. They really can put on a show with those birds.

I am currently building a Kadet Sr from the kit. I started it last winter but then flying season got in the way The kit version does not have provisions for ailerons, but I am going to be modifying it for ailerons. The nice thing about the kit version is it is very mod friendly. I am going to put a bomb drop in it and wire it for lights. With that huge fuselage you have lots of room for modification! Our current club president is finishing up his second Kadet Sr kit. Both this one and the retired one are night flyers. The large wings and fuselage are ideal for lights, etc. And with the slow speed you don't have to worry about it getting ahead of you.

I've built 3 Seniors. Modified one for ailerons. Waste of time. These birds fly so well on three controls. Because we fly at 5,000' ASL I put .60's in them. Can't ever remember having to use full power but it's nice to have it just in case. At a lower elevation I would go for a .52 four stroke. I've only seen ne ARF and it was nice but didn't fly any better than the kit built.

I have one. Kit built with ailerons and a bolt on wing. Used transparent red,flourescent yellow and dark blue, made a real sharp plane. Saito 50 for power. MAS "K" series 12x6 prop. All the power it need to fly it well.

Mark Shuman

PS: A telemaster SR would also work. As would a Super Flyin King from Bob Tharpe?

if you can stll find one a telemaster senior is one of the best I've ever seen