New to planes
 

Hi guys. I was out and seen some planes flying around and now I have to have one. I don't know anything about them( I have been flying heli's for about 2 years). What channels on the radio runs what on a plane. I do have a sim but I can't seem to get it working right. Is there a wed site with all this info on it? Thanks

P.S I am not in a club that is why I don't know anything about plans. I have never had an interest till now.

New plane help
 

Greetings Charlie,
Try the information on the Tower, Horizon and AMA site for beginners. Not sure if the Canadian equivalent of AMA has information on it.

http://www.towerhobbies.com/

http://www.horizonhobby.com/

http://modelaircraft.org/templates/ama/

The information on these will answer most questions. Reply to this thread for any additional information you need. Enjoy! Bill

Your life will never be the same...
 

You're on your way to a long and fruitful journey and picked a good place to start. How did you find this board anyway?

New to planes
 

There are at least half a dozen active clubs in NB affiliated with the National orginization,which is the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada.WWW.MAAC.CA
I cant tell you which is closest to you since you dont list your address on your website or RCU profile.
With your experience with hoppy copters,radios,where to buy supplies,etc are not mysteries to you.You already have found the most currently helpful internarional RC website,here at RCU.
I strongly suggest you contact a club and start asking questions there.If you need help the Atlantic Zone Director is a very active helpful fellow,who happens to be VP of MAAC at this point.If you wish I can steer you too,as I am a Zone Director in Ontario,but I lived in Saint John for a couple of years and I know the geography of the Province well.
The radios you own are the same ones used for fixed wing flying machines and can be adapted.I dont know where you fly your copters,but you have the ability to interfere with other flyers and they with you if you are close enough,and that is reason enough to find out where the closest club is located!
Welcome to a new part of the hobby..... :)

channels do what?
 

To answer your original question: you need one channel for the throttle, one for the rudder, one for the aileron, and of course one for the elevator. Extra channels on larger planes are for wheel retracts and flaps.An extra channel for something different and newer is for operating on board film cameras. Do find an instructor before you do anything else. It will save you time and money!

New to planes
 

I have been on RC Universe board for about a year now(on the heli forum). Kevin: I live in fredericton. There is a flying club here but I never had much to do with them becouse I heard that they diden't care for heli's. I'm sure that I won't have a problem with them now that I am getting into planes.

P.S
I am a member of MAAC
Thanks guys

Helis at field
 

Just in case you were wondering what the big deal about helis at RC airplane fields is. With RC airplanes and with the help of an instructor, other pilots can still fly their planes at the same time that a airplane student is flying. Other pilots can still taxi and take off or land while the new guy is training. New flyers with helis need to learn how to hover just over the runway. While doing that, the heli pilot ties up the runway for 10 or 15 minutes meanwhile making a smoky haze across the whole field. Airplane pilots don't want to get near that 3 or 4 foot spinning rotor to take off or land. When we are used to a 10 or 11" prop, to see that big rotor spinning away is rather disconcerting. I appreciate the skill level required to keep a helicopter in 1 piece but tying up a 500 foot runway is unfair to the rest of the pilots.