I have been into RC cars for along time and I am looking at planes now. I bought an S2K glider from my lhs but I am not done building it. I am going to want a Trainer gas plane soon. I cant decide between .25 and .40 size trainers. Which would be the easiest to fly? The plane I have been looking at is the Right Flyer 40T or the RF 25T. Are these good planes? They are very affordable.

I have one of these nice flying plane.

truth is all trianers petty much fly the same.
So which one you pick is more a matter of personnal peference.
I learned to flew on an eaglet 50 which is a .25 3.5lb pound trainer. Some guys believe smaller trainers are harder to see!!!

Me I think that the smaller lighter weigt planes are more sensitive to wind then the bigger 5-8lbs .40-.60 size birds.

I personally loved the Eaglet 50.

Which ever one you chose with a decent instructor you really can't go wrong.

You could stop at the club find an instructor and see which one if any he prefers.

Go with the 40 size. 40 and 60 are the two most popular sizes, which means, once you have the engine, there are thousands of planes you can put it into. Plus bigger planes are a bit more stable than smaller ones. (think of a hawk compared to a sparrow)

I agree...go with the 40 size....more options, and it will generally fly more stable.

Mike

Thanks for the info guys! I thought bigger would be more stable. I am an rc car guy. I run .21 engines and am used to spending money on fuel. But how much fuel does a .40 gulp down? I can only imagine that it would drink twice the fuel. Does it?

I would doubt you will really see the difference in fuel cost from the 21 to the 40 size. The 40 will burn more fuel if you are flying at full throttle however you just don't need to be at full throttle setting unless you are climbing (like during a take off). I fly a Pizazz and fly for 15 minutes or more then land with more than half a tank of fuel most times. When it is less I normally have been doing a lot of knife edge circles which require a higher throttle setting. Learning throttle management from the beginning (using the left stick including the rudder) is a very good thing. Since you have experience with the cars it should be very easy to learn. Think of the rudder stick as the steering. Works exactly the same. I have a student with a 25 size Tigre Trainer. It is a ball to fly but is really a little pocket rocket and not the best plane to train on.

EXCAP232

Makes sense. Thanks for the info.

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gvnick,

To give you an idea about fuel consumption. I have a 60 size trainer that I put a hopp'd up .45 in after moving the .60 to another plane. The plane has a 16 oz. tank to help the CG with the lighter engine. I can get about 20 minutes of flight time on one tank full. Hope this helps