Just wondering if anyone could advise on a recent purchase. I bought the T-28 Trojan (Parkzone) as my first full function plane (hasn't arrived yet). Can this be flown with very little flight experience? I had a Cox E-Z Bee around 17 years ago as the extent of my experience. I recently dug out the E-Z Bee and believe it or not, everything still functions properly. I'll be trying to get it in the air soon as a precursor to even attempting the Trojan. Basically, I want to know if people can learn to fly on the Trojan, even though it's not marketed as a trainer/learn to fly. I was considering the Parkzone Firebird Freedom RTF at first, but I thought I would get bored too quickly and wish I bought something a little more challenging. I have a hunch the old Cox plane isn't going to prepare me very well for the Trojan. Am I in over my head? Would the Firebird Freedom be the better initial plane? Thanks in advance for any useful advice on this.

There a couple of those trojans at our field. When its calm they fly real nice. There was a father son duo flying a pair and the father had a hard time keeping it straight. The son had it flying lke it was on rails. To be honest they seem a bit touchy to fly and could easily get out of control if you panic. The nice big high wing trainers are a lot more forgiving.

First off, you picked a winner with the T-28. For a little foam electric, it flys very good and is a lot of fun. I take mine to the field along with all my larger glow powered planes every trip.

Will it work for trainer? Probably not the best idea. You might get away with it if you keep it on low rates and you have a particular knack for flying but something like Hobbyzone Super Cub or the Firebird you mentioned might be a better plane to start with.

Like I said though, the T-28 does fly nice and you may be able to make it work if you really take it easy and have some guidance form an instructor or other experienced pilot.

Regardless, don't send the T-28 back if you can avoid it. I can't say enough good about this plane (and I generally don't like park flyer type stuff). Do yourself a favor and get some extra 2200mAh batteries. Once you're comfortable with the T-28 you'll want to have charged batteries on hand so you can keep flying.

Thanks for the replies/advice. I'm definitely going to hang on to the T-28, but I may learn on something a little easier in the meantime, as you both mentioned. I hope I didn't post this in wrong Airplane forum. I saw "Begginers" and figured it was the right place. It wasn't until now that I realized there is a specific forum for Electric flight. I feel reassured about buying the Trojan, but will probably hold off on flying it for awhile. Seems like it will make a nice second plane. Thanks again.

Hi,

my friend is getting into rc planes and he picked up the hobby zone elect. super cub J3 for around $160 at a hobby shop. Its foom and has a trainer function that would help you a lot on a calm day.
Is there anyway you can get some help from a club, etc.

my friend took the cub out on his own and flew it crashed , fixed it and then asked me to help him. People have learned to fly using the super cub, with no help.

My friend and I have two of the Aer O birds, both differnt from each other. They are real under powered

You're definitely in the right place, and this is probably the most widely used forum for planes in my experience. There are lots of things in here that aren't exactly "beginner" questions.

There will probably be some questions that will get more replies, and possibly more detailed info, if you ask in the electric forums.

The most common answer when a new person asks (in the Beginner forum) about learning on an electric is, "Get yourself a 40 size glow trainer, join a club, and use an instructor."

No matter what plane you choose, I do think using an instructor (with or without being in a club) is the best way to learn without breaking a lot of equipment.

If you're not in an RC club, and if you want to find one, plug your zip code into the search box on this page and it will locate clubs near you:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/clubsearch.aspx