ok got my plane all hooked up and couldn't wait for an instructor so i flew by myself.. all i can say it was a biggest mistake.. the controls are too sensitive to fly alone the first time.

since only the engine and reciever survived.. I'll need a new trainer kit.. Replacing my fuselage and wings cost way too much.. can anybody recommend anything
Thanx.

A hobbico superstar select .40 trainer.

Thanks for your reply impulse but that's a RTF. And i just need the basic kit without the engine and transmitter and reciever and servos, etc.

Vegassky, thanks for posting this. All newcomers please take note to this.....I'm sure if vegassky could do it over he'd get an instructor. I did the same thing....it kept me from enjoying this hobby for 3 years because I was disappointed, had a broken plane, and thought it was just too hard........the 2nd time around I went with an instructor and have been hooked ever since!!


Mike

Ditto! Listen up people!

Vegassky,

If money is a problem, there is an inexpensive option. You could build a SPAD. They are built from Coroplast (Those corrugated plastic signs you see on lawns at election time). Check out www.spadtothebone.com for several easy to build designs. (And they really do fly well)

I'll second the SPAD recommendation. They are inexpensive, fly as well as anything, and a lot more durable than balsa and ply. (not indestructable, nothing is indestrucatble).

Did anyone ever try the Tower Hobbies Trainer 40 ARF .40-.46,60"
Here is the link

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJA47&P=V

Thanx

Vegassky,
Sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully your's will keep someone else from making the same mistake.

A couple people at our club field have learned on the Tower Trainer. It seems about as good as any of them.

Good luck from here on out!
Dennis-

hi vegassky . sorry for your loss. if you would of sent me an e-mail or PM i could of got you intouch with the club trianer..hope to see you at the club meeting next week..spooner

The Tower Trainer 40 is a good option. The ARF is around $90 and the kit around $50. I learned on one. They are a good trainer and a good value.

The ARF is covered with "shelf paper", don't count on the covering lasting more than a few seasons, but that is a long life for a trainer.

It is slightly underpowered with the OS 40LA that Tower pushes. I had some trouble getting mine off the field unless it was just mowed. It would fly better with a ball bering 40 or 46.

Get one of the Goldberg kits or arf's. I've flown nearly all of Goldbergs models and have loved every one of them.
Falcon III, Eagle 2 (built this one from the kit, pretty simple).

All the guys at my old field (all 3 of them) had Sig Kadets Seniors and senioritas. They were all nice and easy to fly.

We just flew three trainers tonight with an instuctor.
My Balsa USA stick 40,a SPAD Debonair that I also built for my father-in-law and a new Tower 40 RTF . I think the stick 40 flew the best and slowest but the SPAD really flew well. It was the first our instructor had tried, he was true balsa scale model builder but he did like how it flew. If I had a crashed model and needed to get going again I could have another Spad ready to fly before the ups truck could bring my next balsa kit. Give it a try.

Hi New guys,

I started flying in 1997. i remember getting my first kit sig lt-40 and started building. In the mean time I went down to the flying field and met a real nice retired guy who took out the club trainer and buddy box I was so excited.

He took off and said your plane! That was the most frustrating day in my life...cross controlled it couldn't figure out left from right etc... and I just wanted to give up. Well I got the then new real flight fly sim and crashed a thousand rc cyber planes but got better and better. I was flying the club trainer in no time.

when i finished my plane i flew it myself, it's too bad i didn't bring anyone to see. any way It was easier to fly the real thing than the sim. It was such good training any newbie should get a real flight sim.

Good flying to you, I now fly about any thing, my favorite....My Mig 15 d/f

I learned on a 40 sized Tower trainer also, and it flew great! Mine looks much different now :-). Lots of new balsa and ply, new covering, a just a little bit heavier :-). They are very easy to fix--as most trainers are--even after what seems like a total distruction. They are great! They fly well, and depending on how they are setup, can be either gentle fliers, or fairly aerobatic. With the contols set low, they are easy to control and great for beginners. Crank 'em up, and they can do almost all the manuevers. The only thing I could not do with mine was knife-edge! Not for very long anyway. Did I mention I think they are great?

get the hobbico nexstar.....seems its getting amazing reviews and tons of people are using it as a first trainer wiht little or no help from instructors.

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