Some advice for a beginner....
 

Ok I am coming back to the RC plane universe after playing with cars for the last few years. Wow have things changed. I must Lazer cut kits are a godsend. I picked up a Herr 1/2a (I think) AT-6 Texan which is coming together quite nicely. Before I take the Texan out I am looking for a park flyer electirc foam plain that I can abuse without too much time invested in.

Any advice on a durable, slow flying, cheap park flyer?

RE: Some advice for a beginner....
 

The GWS tiger moth is pretty good. I put one together with/for my dad in about 6 hours (was checking the clock, and in a bit of a hurry).

RE: Some advice for a beginner....
 

The Tiger Moth gave me nothing but headaches... (but I now think it was a bad battery pack... Never had enough power to get above 10 ft up.)

The Wingo or Soarstar (very similar aircraft) are slow flying, very rugged models 3 channel kind of goofy looking... but they can be a lot of fun. One of the main differences is the Soarstar has a gear drive, which is inherantly more efficient with the slow models.. Both are pushers.

There are MANY decent electric models out there....

RE: Some advice for a beginner....
 

GWS Slow stick.... can't get much simpler, or easier to fly. Plus if you get GWS flite pack it will transfer right over to the tiger moth....

Andy

RE: Some advice for a beginner....
 

I've seen that problem many times in all cases the propeller was on backwards:D Check to make sure the lettering is facing the front [X(]

RE: Some advice for a beginner....
 

I fly both glow and electrics.

Electrics are very nice, however you do need to be aware of a couple of things. MOST park flyer and trainer electrics can not handle wind over 5 mph. The MAJORITY of electric trainers are 3 channel (rudder, elevator, throttle OR aileron, elevator, throttle) where as MOST glow trainers are 4 channel (rudder, elevator, aileron, throttle). Electrics are clean, quiet and MANY can be flown in a much smaller space than a glow plane.

Several electrics that you may want to consider are: Soarstar, Wingo, Sky Scooter Pro II, Slow Stick. Any of those should serve you well.

Welcome back and good luck.