I have been looking at this stuff for a couple of days since I seen Inside R/C. How would this plane be for my first Thunder Tiger Trainer 40, Blue - TTR 4504-L is it any good.

Any and all 40 sized high wing trainer planes are fine. They are all the same plane. Some have flat bottom wings, some are semi and the fuse of them all are the same. They just put different names of the planes to seperate the wing diff. Either wing is fine to learn with becasue we now have buddy boxes.

Most current day trainers are based off the old Bridi Trainer 40, the Kadet series and a few older ones I can't think of now.


The newest designed trainer is the NexStar. It has the looks of a scale plane with low weight and big size, however it follows the same basic design of the other trainers on the market. Note: The anti-stall wing slats and the flaps are fun to play with.

The best trainer for anyone, is the one you like the colors of.

And no, even with a buddy box, you still should not learn to fly on a Corsair. However, if noone else will fly you, I will.

The TT40 is a good trainer.
The engine is stong and the plane is inexpensive.

The planes are not all the same. Look for a plane thats all wood, monocote covered. These are more easily repaired. The Superstar, Sig Senior, Sig LT40, are built this way. The Tiger Trainers aren't. I have a Superstar, and it's been repaired more than once! IMHO. I hope this helps.

IMO most ARF's sold today are. I know the Hobbico series of trainers can be repaired simply.

darkrule,

Please keep all correspondence on this topic in one thread. It gets very confusing when you open a new thread for each new question on the same topic. Thanks.

G

GROCHFAN is quite correct --all the trainers, while sharing many basic similar charateristics are not exactly the same and have different handling somewhat.some are identical in different colors but just because they share the same type of airfoil does not mean they fly identical. one arf out there has vastly better ground handling in wind than the others, some are smoother flying. the amount of dihedral the manufacturer chooses to design in has a big effect on flying handling.but overall it is only small differences for the most part. changing airfoils will alter the flight charateristics depending on how drastic the change is and how experienced the flyer is in noticing such changes. semi-symetric does not handle (everything else being equal) quite the same as phillips entry or true flat bottom. Eagle II does not handle quite like a Kadet. percentage of airfoil thickness has a very marked effect upon flying.our airfoils are small so differences are too but they are there. witness the old Goldberg skylark(with semi symetric) flew &handled different than the newer version with full symetric as experienced by a club member who was sent the wrong wing for a repair.other examples could be cited.

ELTIGRE,
I think what YNOT was trying to say is that for the most part all the modern trainers have gentle flight characteristics that will enable a person to learn to fly.

As a case in point I was convinced via the Internet that the LT40 was far superior to all the other trainers available. So I stopped building the Lanier ST40 and bought a LT40. The LT40 was nice. It is big. However imagine my surprise when one of the guys brought a Superstar Trainer to the field and it flew every bit as nice as the LT40.

I feel differences between trainers are greatly exaggerated --- for all practical purposes any of the name brands will teach someone to fly.

John