hey guys was at my father inlaws this weekend and we where looking for his old rc plane stuff came across some old airplane news mags and found one that had plans for a a-10 tank buster plane and we would love to build this and was wondering if anyone has built it and how it flew and what you used for motors.... we are thinking about useing them for combat planes any opins are welcome

all I know is that in my opinion are A-10 great flyers. I`d say go for it

Ummm Murdoc... this was placed in a begginer Forum. I suspect kenncarlton is new at this?


kenncarleton, a A-10 is not a good plane to start on, it is a Semi-Scale Warbird not a trainer. So stay away from it until you have a few years of flying under your belt.

There are trainer warbirds available. The Mustang PTS or F-22 PTS and one I would love to get is called a Tamecat, it is an F-14 but a trainer. However from what I have heard they are all a little less than optimum for training a novice.

There are trainer warbirds available. The Mustang PTS or F-22 PTS and one I would love to get is called a Tamecat, it is an F-14 but a trainer. However from what I have heard they are all a little less than optimum for training a novice.


Have you taken a look at the wing loadings on these "trainers" ? They range from the mid to high 20's.

ALL the trainers I have seen have wing loadings in the mid teens.

In case you don't understand what I am referring to, The higher the wing loading, the faster the plane HAS TO FLY TO STAY IN THE AIR, and the faster it has to go to take off. On landing you must keep a higher speed up or you will stall.

The majority of your trainers will take off and land at about 20 - 25 mph. With these wing loadings you are most likely looking at take off/landing speeds of around 40+ mph. While you are learning, slower is better.

On the plus side, the added weight of the plane (7+ lbs for the F-22 PTS ) and higher speeds will be a help in windy conditions.

I am "old school". On a 7+ lb plane you typically hung a 61 2 stroke with a 12x6 - 12x8 prop for adequate power and performance.

And thus my disclaimer. Perhaps a very gifted student with a lot of sim time and a trainer box?

Really, the most popular trainer, the Nexstar, is 21oz/sq/ft

well here it is i am kinda a newbie been flying lessthen a year with spads and a trainer and about 75 hours on a sim building a ss .40 and we found the plans in a old airplane news mag from august 1992and think i am more then able to fly it just looking to see if it was worth the time to build it is a off scale fun fly a-10 looking to do it just for the fun

i have a sig kadet mk 2 as a trainer and love it but i feel i have gone as far with it as i can

Once you have thought you have gone as far a you can with a trainer, turn up all the control throws. I have our club trainer set up with the maximum throws I can get in it. One reason was to be able to get students out of trouble close to the ground (they fly a buddy box with dual rates, and fly on the low rates), and so experienced pilots can have fun with it. The plane is a Hangar 9 Xtra Easy 2 with Evolution .45 PTS engine.

I have demonstrated to several very experienced pilots the capability of what a trainer can do, and they where all shocked. I can make a trainer do just about everything a symmetrical airfoiled plane can do (with-in reason), including many of the snap and spin maneuvers (it won't do outside spins, for example, by nature of the airfoil).

If you think you've out grown the trainer, then its time to work on precision maneuvers with it, and when you can make it do everything possible smoothly and precisely you'll find the next level up will be that much more enjoyable. The trainer will make you work at everything where more advanced planes don't. The Sig Kadet Mk II is a very capable plane if you set it up correctly.

Hogflyer

Woops I forgot it was a beginner asking[:@] My bad! I flew an a10 with electric setup and it was amazingly stable and really forgiving.NOT a good place to start though, so I`m sorry for my last post.