I'm looking for recommendations. I'm a beginner looking for a backyard flyer. Something I don't have to go to an actual flight park for but instead could just do in my yard.

Thanks,
BlackNoir

Unless you have a football sized backyard the only thing you can fly in it is an Airhogs Aeroace from you local Target or Walmart..about $30 at Target and $40 at Walmart...its just a fun little toy lots of guys have them,,but they arent much value for training purposes ..if on the other hand you do have a large yard I'd look into the GWS line and get a pico stick to play with...Rog

Well, what I really wanted to do was stand in my front yard and fly something back and forth over the street. Or that I could take to a local park and fly around.

GWS E-Starter or Slow Stick can be flown in pretty tight quarters. Electric helicopters can also be flown in small areas once you get used to them. I fly my Blade CX in my living room.
When you get good you can fly almost any aerobatic electric in your yard, but that takes quite alot of skill.

I've noticed that flying a small airplane in close quarters takes more concentration than flying bigger faster planes. With a bigger plane in a wide open area you have moments where you can fly straight and relax for a few seconds. This is especially important if you have a "close call" you can level out regain your composure. But with a smaller plane in a smaller area you don't have any time to catch your breath. Especially if you're flying indoors.

Ken

If a good park flyer is what your looking for than the T-Hawk from [link]http://www.readytoflyfun.com[/link] is great, but I wouldn't try to fly it from the street in your front yard. Yes I've tried

Ken's right. It is much harder, requiring constant concentration to fly in a small area. Those straighten out & relax for a moment times are something that most of us who fly at a proper field take for granted but as soon as it is taken away from you, you realize very quickly how important it is & how much easier & more relaxing it makes flying. I'm no pro yet but I have come a long way in my flying & have become fairly proficient I believe for the short time I have been flying. Just soloed this last December. I generally have few problems these days when flying at the field that involve dumb-thumbs. I have on a few occasions flown my small electrics (Foamies) in much smaller areas like at the campground over a nice grassy area when there are no kids around playing on it. Man what a huge difference it is than flying at the field where I have all the room in the world to do whatever I want. I can get into trouble so quickly & easily when flying in that small of a space that it is truely a whole new ball game for me. It seems to require all of my attention span which is very limited!![&:] Hopefully someday I will get better at it, because I do like the little 3D Foamies, especially my AirfoilZ Yak & Edge 540!!
They are actually pretty big for Foamies with 40 inch airfoiled wings instead of those flat ones, they fly like a big plane!

If you don't mind building from a kit, you might take a look at Mountain Models. They have some pretty nice little electric kit planes that you might get away with flying at home in a smaller area. I'll put up a link to their site for ya. I had their "Switchback" & it was a pretty nice little plane until I crashed it.[:@] LOl.

http://www.mountainmodels.com/index.php

That is the link to their home page. This second link is to a model called the "Mini Flash". This is a nice little plane that will slow fly in a small area. These are nice, very complete kits that are quick easy builders. They come with the pushrods & wheels & pretty much everything needed but the electrics. They also have some package deals too. Just shop around their site to see if anything interests you. Good luck & I hope this helps.

http://www.mountainmodels.com/produc...roducts_id=227

Aero Ace (a BLAST!)
or
Slow stick (Slow flier)
or
Slo-V (slow flyer)

I have the Slo-V and Aero Ace. The Aero Ace can be flown in VERY small areas, my backyard is about 1/8th an acre and I own the sky over about 3 houses with it! For $30 you can't go wrong and it's virtually indestructable.

The Slo-V is MUCH BIGGER but flys slow and needs a hair more room. Can roll off ground (ROG) in about 10-15 feet at full throttle. GREAT plane IMHO!

For a place with a LOT of room an Easystar RTF is awesome, I just got one. I have a pic of the Slo-V and Easystar on my web site, go to the My misc. images section...

http://home.hvc.rr.com/kb2sms/

Tom