Is there any warbird out there that would make a good second plane? i want to go into scale planes, and I want to get a warbird, even if I have to do somemore buddy box time with it before I can fly it.

My second plane is a Kyosho PT19. It flies great. Slow and steady. It can also do most aerobatics. Also great first low wing. A good running 40 will pull it nicely.
duke

I've got the Dynaflite PT-19, and it would make a GREAT second plane. It will fly fast with a more powerful engine, and it will slow down too. It has a flat bottom wing so it wont fly inverted very well, but the guy I got mine from would knife edge it, loop it, and I'm guessing he did rolls too because I saw him to an emlemen(SP. Anyway, the half loop followed by a half roll to level). I saw one at a scale competiton a few months ago in the expert class. It will tipstall with enough up elevator, but you have to be going REALLY slow to do that.

I've also got the World Models P-51 40 sized, and I LOVE THAT PLANE!! It flys like a sport model, not a warbird. It will go fast like a P-51 will, but it slows down just fine for landing. It's got retracts so you have to be careful on landing, but I've landed it in 3 inch tall grass with the tiny wheels it comes with before without a problem. It just stopped fast and took half throttle to taxi back... The retracts dont colapse like alot of mechanicals will, and mine havent bent yet. Just make sure your servo arm is paralell with the the pushrods and that it is a long one. That'll put the least stress on the clevices and make sure they dont pop off. I had a problem with my arm moving too far and making the clevices pop open even with the fuel tubing around them.

Jack,
Is it a arf or kit. Also wingspan. I'm considering getting a Great Planes 81" arf PT 19 as my first larger scale. Also what engine do you have on the Dynaflight.

Thanks duke

Something that isn't thought of as a warbird that does fine as a second plane... the DH Tiger Moth, which was the main trainer used by the british in WWII. More interresting looking than a typical trainer... but it is just as easy to fly.

There's some stand-off scale versions of WWII fighters that aren't too bad. But you need to stay away from the accurate scale planes (especially Mustangs and Corsairs) until you have more experience.

My advice is to get a Four Star 40, and dress it up a little to look like a P-51, or P-40. With the aid of an eperienced builder... you can even stick retracts into it and still have it light enough that it shouldn't give you problems.

There was an interresting looking kit-bash of a GP Slow Poke into a sorta BF-109 in the new issue of Model Aviation... That would also have some of the appearance you crave... and the flight characteristics you need.

The Dynaflite is a kit with 89 inch wingspan and a Saito 120. The Mustang is an ARF with a 57 inch wingspan and an OS 70. Here is the link to the Mustang: http://www.theworldmodels.com/p51mu.htm
Mine is the blue version. Here is the Miss America version. This one is a club members: http://www.mempropbusters.com/gator51.jpg His has a Saito on it.