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12-17-2002 | 05:12 PM
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From: Jewett, NY,
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Why do you say that? Is it a bad plane or do I just need more experience?
tlwilane,
Take 10 minutes and use the search function on this board. Try searching for 1st plane, Trainer, "Best trainer", etc. ... You will find out exactly why the type of plane you want is not a good first plane either for flying or building...
12-17-2002 | 05:26 PM
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From: Ashburn, VA
Re: Newbie
Originally posted by tlwilane
I am thinking of buying an F-15C EAGLE jet kit from Philip Avonds Scale Jets. How stupid am I for buying this for my first plane?
I am thinking of buying an F-15C EAGLE jet kit from Philip Avonds Scale Jets. How stupid am I for buying this for my first plane?
My friend, who went through "flight training" with me last spring and summer bought a Fokker triplane kit as a first plane. The club president sat him down and explained its life expectancy in his hands (nanoseconds).
He still works on it, but got an Eagle 2 (I have an LT-40) to train on.
The plane you are describing is probably a third or fourth plane...
GB
12-17-2002 | 05:53 PM
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just to let you know, after looking at the planes website, thats not a first plane, thats not a second plane, thats not even a 5th or 6th plane.
that thing is something that even a expert would start sweating over the first time he took it up.
if you want to get to that then you need to MASTER a trainer (I mean know everything about what it can and cant do), MASTER a sport plane, MASTER a high speed plane, MASTER a high wing loading plane, then you can think about taking it up
you are talking a few years commitment here.
find a club, get someone to instruct you, get a high wing trainer, and learn the basics.
then move into a good sport plane and start wringing that out. after you are starting to get bored with that you should have enough knowledge about what you need to do to get there.
turbine/DF planes are real cool and a pleasure to watch (and to fly, although I havent got there yet) they need alot of skill to keep from being expensive holes in the ground.
that thing is something that even a expert would start sweating over the first time he took it up.
if you want to get to that then you need to MASTER a trainer (I mean know everything about what it can and cant do), MASTER a sport plane, MASTER a high speed plane, MASTER a high wing loading plane, then you can think about taking it up
you are talking a few years commitment here.
find a club, get someone to instruct you, get a high wing trainer, and learn the basics.
then move into a good sport plane and start wringing that out. after you are starting to get bored with that you should have enough knowledge about what you need to do to get there.
turbine/DF planes are real cool and a pleasure to watch (and to fly, although I havent got there yet) they need alot of skill to keep from being expensive holes in the ground.
