Hi all,

I want to buy a plane as one of christmas gift for myself.
Anyone can tell me which brand name of plane is good for newbie.
I never flight a plane before, but i have a little bit experince on helicopter.

RC or Nitro plance is better?
Any brand name is popular and cheap in RC plane?

Someone tell me smartech is good for entry level and cheap. is it true?

So many question... Sorry about that, i have no idea on planes...

Thank you very much.

I started with a Hanger 9 Solo series Arf. well built, great flier and reasonablypriced. Would highly recommend one.

You should start with a trainer, there is a lot out there in the market. I started with GreatPlanes PT40, its cheap, and it is a nice plane for learning

GP PT40 Kit: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJ557&P=0

If you want an ARF, Towerhobbies Tower Trainer 40 is also nice...

TW TT40 ARF: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCAS2&P=0

Towerhobbies trainer is a cheaper choice

Go down the list here in beginners. You will find this question has been asked many times. As a matter of fact, when I found your question the one below it was the same question which had many great suggestions for starting out. This thread was started by Wes somebody. My suggestion is to find a club in your area and talk to the folks there. These are the people whom will be directly involved in helping you out, if you ask.

Mark DeSchane, AMA 59157

Thanks Norm Nestie and scolpit,

Hanger 9 and Towerhobbies are good brand for planes right?
I just read the planes and the price are reasonable for newbie. Thank you very much.

And i will come back again to see if any good suggestion.

Let me read more and i will decide to buy in few days later.

If you want minimal building and maximum flying, go for the NexSTAR Select RTF. It comes with the radio, engine all installed, all you really need to do is put the tail together, join the wings, install landing gear, and charge batteries. It also comes with the simulator software for that plane as well as the AFS (Automatic Flight Stabilizer) although I never used it.

As with all, you really should work closely with an instructor and have that expert take a close look at everything including the center of gravity and fly it with a buddy box system.

The cost of the aircraft with the radio, engine, software, and so on, retail is $399 but you can get deals at quite a few places to get it cheaper.

Many wil scoff at the above and yet many more will say, yep, this is a good airplane. All of our most recent solo's, in the past two years, all but one, have all solo'ed with this plane. Very nice aircraft.

DS.

Building a plane from a kit is yet another option. You will learn quite a bit about your plane if you go this route. It will also take you a lot longer to build from a kit, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing! I've learned a lot from just the building process. It's also much cheaper.

The plane I'm building is the Kadet Senior by SIG. It's been around for a long time and is a common beginner's plane. Tower hobbies sells it here: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXFF89&P=ML

Here's a thread on this website about building a SIG LT-40, a plane similar to the Senior:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3260903/tm.htm
I like this thread because it shows how the guy built the plane step-by-step with pictures and detailed descriptions.

Good luck whatever you choose!
Mike

i would recommend a hobbico avistar or sig-lt-40

I started with a Nextstar and have no regrets, took it up the first time and also landed with no problem, of course it came with a flight sim. Much help as you learn how to use the transmitter to control the airplane, I now fly other types of planes. I also recommend you join a club in your province , the local hobby shop in your city can steer you to clubs and can also recommend a good trainer plane. That how I did it and now have my wings.

roltech

I learned on a Avistar RTF, and so far, it has experience 2 stalls (crash) and one misjudgement to final approach (crash), 12 gallons of fuel (still original OS .40 LA engine), 2 radios (swapped out the 4VF for a 7CAP, now the old 4VF is the buddy box), and its a taildragger. Its a good airplane, but compared to other trainers, it is smaller (spans 59" long) and is more aerobatic, so its sightly harder to learn on. I've flown my sister's RTF Nexstar, and it is quite a bit touchy (of course, I was flying in 15MPH winds).

You are joining AMA, finding a club, and getting an instructor, right?

Have fun with your new airplane!

I also have a Avistar, Superstar, Nextstar, RV4, and PT 51 PTS. and now building a foam 60 plane from scratch.
The only reason I sugested the Nextstar is the flight sim, and ready to fly, and taking off the trainer stuff becomes a second to third plane. His location he would join MAAC. and for sure he sould have an instructor.

roltech