Help with First Flight...
 

Hi, I finally managed to finish my plane.:) But, I need some advise on what to do on my first flight(I don't want to break it;)).
Thanks for your advises!! :D

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

Get a instructor at your club and use a flight sim as a plus.


Nilo

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

If you don't want to crash it, don't fly it! (without an instructor anyway)

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

Get an instructor

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

Can't say strongly enough, get a buddy box and a buddy! Seriously, find an instructor. Will still have a few crashes now and then, but nowhere near as many as if you try and learn yourself.

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

I tried learning myself...for 10 seconds I think. My trainer stalled on takeoff cuz I used too much elevator and not enough power. Good thing only a repairable crack in the fusalage, broken aileron, aileron servo tray riped off, battery flew out, dented wing thats all. I was flying on snow so it wasnt too bad and no damage to the engine either. If you cant find an instructor like me just taxing aroudn on the ground alot and every once in a while let it take off a foot or two off the ground then land. Do that a couple times and take off when your ready I guess. Thats what I did...it flew after a few crashes of course.

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Instructors can crash too!!!! If you really dont want to break it just make a pretty shelf and leave your plane on it. Then sit back in a chair and imagine yourself flying. You will never break a plane that way!!!!

Seriously, get an instructor and a simulator and you will increase the survivability of your plane!!!!

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

Join your local club, get one of the instructors to look it over, get one of the instructors to fly it/ trim it out the first time and then get hooked up on the buddy box. You may still crash(you will crash at some point!), but the chances of going home with a smile instead of a box of oddly shaped sticks will be greater!

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

I agree with all the above posts... an instructor on a buddy box is the only way to go. I just took one of my friends for his first flight. He nearly ditched it a few times and would've had I not been there. Isn't it worth all your assembly effort and the couple hundred bucks you put into the plane to get an instructor or at least an experienced pilot with a buddy box?

And I completely agree that you should always... I mean ALWAYS have an experienced pilot take your plane up for the first time to trim it out. I have seem some planes that cannot fly true even with full aileron trim deflected (kept rolling)... try landing that beast!!! I guarantee that if he crashed it, you can at least go pick up the pieces, if a beginner crashed it, they probably need to go home to pick up the vacuum cleaner

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

jetfly,
I agree with what everyone else has said, BUT you never mentioned what the plane is.

If it's something like an Aerobird, or a foam park flyer, you might as well try it on your own. But be prepared for it to crash, because it will. Most small foam park flyers can be repaired pretty easily, and will last through a number of crashes.

Good luck,
Dennis-

RE: Help with First Flight...
 

Thanks, a lot guys, I'll try to find an instructor. [8D]