im planing to start airplane and right now working on a deal with a guy for a j-3 cub .20 engine to fly in the park. i can fly helis and i have some experience flying the firebird and i have flown a nitro plane once just flying striaght. not sure if this is right for me ? is it hard to fly ? i have G2 and i can fly planes in G2 real well
thx for all the help !

cubs are good planes and fly nice, but a .20 cub might be a handful for a beginner. I would look into picking up a standard trainer and finding a dedicated field to learn in (with instructors)

flying a glow powered plane isn't recommended in a public park as they have a high potential for damage if something happens.

I would check out any local clubs and see what they can hook you up with. since you fly already (helis) and have some airplane experience you should learn real quick, so if a local club has a "club trainer" that might be all you need to get going.

but again I wouldn't recommend a small cub as a first plane as even though they fly nice, they have some quirks that might make a small one too unsteady for a beginner.

The biggest problem with a cub is the ground handling. They can be difficult to take off and land, but in the air it should be fine. (assuming you have the control rates and CG set well)

A .20 powered cub could be fine in a park (depending on the park, of course), or not a good idea in a park, depending on how big the plane is. Cubs can be flown on an amazingly wide engine range. What's the wingspan and weight on the cub you are talking about? Be sure to prop with a low pitch, high diameter prop as well to keep things moving slowly. It is quite possible to make some glow powered planes fly like noisy electric park fliers.

Do be carful with a glow engine in an uncontrolled area like a park though. Be prepared to chop the engine and dump the plane if things start going wrong. And take a spotter with you to tell you if something or someone is wandering around under your plane, espeically on the landing approach.

You say you can fly helis, what exactly can you do with your heli? Can you nose-in hover? how about full forward flight? backwards flight? In general, flying a chopper will make you a better airplane pilot, but if all you can do with your heli is a nose-out hover, you've still got some learning to do, and I suggest you find an instructor for a few flights with the cub.

i can do forward flights figure8 stall turns like a sport flyer and im starting my 3d soon(this weekend) the park im talking about is more like a big soccer field. i want to fly this in the field because right now im still learning with my heli(3d)so i have to go to the field every weekends. the club is heli only club that's y i want a park flyer than i can learn by myself wingspan is 50" with .25 engine. this is like a trade im working on. .25 cub for JVC-VHS camcorder with all the equipments. the cub is RTF with 7ch radio
wondering if this is a good deal. if planes are so hard to fly i just might trade for a truck or something.

If you are doing stall turns with a heli, you should have no trouble at all with a plane. Planes are generally easier to fly than helos. (I never got past a transitioning figure 8 with my old GMP Rebel years ago. Never even tried nose-in hover. One of these days I'll get another chopper. When I hit the lottery ).

50" wingspan on a .25 should be a fairly light wingloading so it should float right along. It is a tad big for a "park flyer" though.

A soccer field is doable, but awfuly tight once you are in the air, I suspect you'd wind up overflying the surroundings quite a bit, which if it's streets and houses would be a bad thing.

I really suggest you find an airplane club in your area to hook up with. Fly the cub a few times and see if you can keep it close at all times, as if you were over the soccer field. Better to find out in a safer envrionment. With an unfamiliar plane, it will be hard, and that plane is big enough to get quite far away and not seem like it. Once you've flown it a bit, you'll have better information to base a "soccer field decision" on.

My home field has a couple of roads near by, in a "no fly" area, but its amazing how many guys fly over it anyway because they don't realize how far out they are.

For flying in a soccer field, an electric park flyer would be a better bet.