Hi Everyone, This is my first post on RC Universe. I am from Islamabad - Pakistan. I started flying about 4 months ago. Ofcourse started with a 40 size trainer. Then I switched to a pattern plane, then to Kyosho's majestic, and then to a 90 size pattern.

Just wanted to share that after flying all these planes, and learning to do all the aerobatics, like loops, rolls, knife edge, cuban eight etc etc, I have once again started the urge to fly a trainer. Has this even happened to any one here? So I have started refurbishing my 40 size trainer, and have its test flight tomorrow.

Here are some pictures of my trainer as well as my flight hangar. Take care.[/size]

The urge hits me every now and then. I'm lucky though. As an instructor I get to fly trainers every couple of weeks. Trainers are also good if you are in a club, which you may not be, for fun fly events. We hold "trainer races" we setup an oval track on the runway, make everyone take off the wings and we do 10 lap "heat races" then we do a final race to determine the champ. Tons of fun and only trainers are allowed in this event.

I still break out my trainer now and then. I loan it out on occasion too but sometimes you just want something easy to fly. I also get to fly my students trainers.

I think its kinda like breast feeding, the need for it died a long time ago, yet we're all still attracted to the mechanism.... [8D]

That's just too funny but EXACTLY correct [X(]

satariq, I love your plane rack! I have no desire to bring the trainer unless I am training. My sons LT25 trainer handles the wind pretty easily but I hate how it floats forever before it lands and I like planes with a crisper response. If I just want an easy to fly plane that I can fly at a crawl if I want to do slow fly bys and is easy to land I will take out my GP Stuka. Much more impressive to watch and handles the wind with ease if it comes up.

For me my trainer was just a stepping stone. Once i saw what 3d was all about, that's all i've wanted to do with the exception of biplanes. I can't even imagine wanting to fly a trainer again.

I find it's kinda nice going back to a nice simple plane that just flies. You usually don't have to worry about too much with a trainer, pretty much as simple as it gets, they are easy to fix, and easy to fly, grab some rubber bands and go.

I don't have a second plane yet, but when i do get my second and third planes, the trainer will always be the warm up plane....

Believe it or not, that is not true. You will eventually wean off of the trainer to the point where it will just be something you fly every now and again and something like a KAOS or an Extra or an Edge will be your warm up plane. That day will come, trust me on this. But you will always remember the trainer, even after it dies some day. [][][&o][&o]

bruce is right. Once you have the basics down, sport planes are easier to fly because they repond better and do what you want and go where you point them. [8D]

NO!!! lol i hope to see the day where i warm up with my 1/2 scale plane...

In my old club in the landfill in San Diego........we used to hold unofficial trainer "pylon" races......engines were limited to what you could shoehorn into your trainer......I was flying, and I know I'm dating myself, an Eaglet 50 with a Royal Signature Series .28 and mini pipe. I'd carbon laminated the spars on the wing and modified it to a bolt on setup......it flew really well until it clipped a pylon and pinwheeled in. I'd never had that much fun before or since! *LOL*

I've been flying for about 9 years and I think that everybody should keep an fly their trainers. As an instructor I get to fly a lot of trainers, but their not as fun as my old trainer. I've done a few things to my trainer since I've soloed. It was a tower trainer 40 with an OS 40 FS on it originally. I recovered the plane, sealed all the hinge gaps, converted it from rubber bands to wing screws, and put an OS 46 FX in it. Every now and then I take it to the field to fly it. Take your trainer and work at flying the same acrobatic maneuvers you fly with your other planes. Doing them on the trainer where you have to really work at makes me better when I get to my sport planes. It works for me. The other thing I think is really funny, when you are learning to fly you wonder how a plane can fly so fast, and then when you come back to your trainer you wonder how a plane can fly sooooo slooooowww.

So for me my trainer will always be in my hanger.

Just adding my .02 cents worth

I still fly trainers and I've been flying well over 25 yrs I just like the relaxing feeling but yet I can wring the heck out of one if I want. It's a challenge to see what it can do AND IF I GOOF it doesn't cost me an arm and leg and more time building then I want to spend. Besides I don't need a trailer or big ol' truck to haul them in, just a nice sized Van that gets fair gas mileage. Keep the trainer and ENJOY it now and then it won't be much of a burden and you may be SURPRISED.
ENJOY RED

After reading this thread, I had to fly my trainer so bad that I turned on RealFlight G2 and flew my virtual trainer. An exact replica even down to how it flies.







So this happened to me.

Thats exactly right....Sometimes you need a plane that flies easy....3D and pattern are nice but there is always tension flying these planes bcoz of the fast speed and fast response.....I have recently rebuild my trainer after it has been lying down for years in open and exposed to exreme weather.....and my old pal still flies like new.................by the way satariq.....your planes look quite familiar.... ....hmmmmmmm.........................

Hi Guys,

Thanks for wonderful remarks and comments. Just wanted to add that my trainer flew beautiful yesterday. Our flying feild is under maintainance, so we had to go to a place where the runway was between the crop fiels. Dimensions would be 20 ft by 80 ft. Too narrow and short. Still we did 6 flights, very succesfully.

I would suggest to all those who do not have a good flying field available to them, to fly trainers. No tensions, No huge costs, and a lot of fun.
It flies gracefully.

Take care,

HAHAHAHAHA

Oh man....

Also...

A Trainer makes a great Float Plane Project...

That's where mine is heading...

Hi Guys,

Here is my latest hangar situation. Down there you can see a section of trainer's wing. Still intact. Still flying gracefully.

Most of experienced flyers at our field are more like mechanics. They come to field, start engine, realize something is loose. Open their flight boxes, which are more like workshops. And spend most of their day doing engineering with their plane.

On the other hand, I go to the field, assemble the trainer, fill up gas, start it and take off. Usually, when my plane is sitting down, its either for re fueling or battery charging. I go to field only to fly.

Looks like experts come with their beautiful costly planes, only to open some screws, packup in evening and go home.

I LOVE MY TRAINER.