Sick of waiting....
 

I have a tower trainer 40 since december.
Im getting tired of waiting to fly it.
Im 18 years old and very busy.
Grrrr.
Sorry i just had to vent.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

Here is a link to a bunch of NJ R/C clubs. Do you belong to one of these?

http://www.modelaircraft.org/templat...947F58831557DD

Where do you plan to fly? I visit my inlaws near LBI frequently but I haven't found any R/C flying fields near there yet. They have had a float plane meet on the lake near there though.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

For your own peace of mind, please wait and get an instructor. Trying to learn how to fly by yourself is a VERY steep learning curve and frustrating. It USUALLY results in a flight of less than 30 seconds and rekitting of the plane.

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Not to mention the cost and what it does to your confidence.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

I got my plane in December and I am really sick of waiting as well, although I have an instructor, I am waiting for him to call when the weather gets good enough....*sigh* stupid weather!

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If you are tired of waiting then might I suggest you buy a simple kit and build it??? You will get to fly believe me and building a second plane is a nice way to pass the time.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

I didn't join any clubs yet but i have the telephone of the instructor at a local feild.
Im going to call him when the weather stays nice and i have some free time.
I would buy another kit but im rather young and rather broke, plus my mom hates me for buying this kit.
I could just buy the parts for a kit tho, no radio or engine and such.
Thanks for listening to me blabber.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

I am serious! get a Slow Stick ($35) and fly it in the park. It will give you confidence, training, fly time and its pretty strong.

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Thats a great idea!! get a parkflyer! does tower have them?? And would it be possible to get that slow stick in a kit??

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Slow sticks, per my knowledge, are all ARFs. I wanted one for a while, but decided on a glow instead. I will eventually get one. But, they are very easy to assemble. It'll take you some time to set up all the servos and the crystal a battery.

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Waiting for all the right weather, your instructor to be available, your schedule to be free, venus to align with jupiter can keep you waiting forever.

Just go and show up at your local field and start talking to people. My club has a night devoted to students. Instructors all show up. They bring out a couple of the club owned trainers. As students arrive, they fly with whoever is available. The students can fly with their own planes, or if they aren't done building yet, they can fly on the club's trainer. After flying with a couple instructors, if you find one you like, get his number and arrange to fly a couple more times that week.

If you end up meeting a couple instructors, it makes it much easier to fly 2-3 times a week. I also feel that if you fly less than that, it can take a long time to solo.

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Good idea and all.
They are $30 but thats w/o a radio, speed control, and a battery.
So its more like $70 or $80 as i would need some of that stuff..


They have kits on tower.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

Hey Shwag,

Yes it is hard waiting for a trainer/weather.. But unless you have a
lot of funds to fix and or replace your plane it would pay to do just
that:) Wait.. Or better yet when you do have time just go to your
club/field and start talking to the people there.. Most are very helpful
if you give them enough time and show interest.. Its worth a try..
not to mention the HIGH possibly of spending more money if you try
other avenues.. If its a no go at your club, try others! Remember its
not just the training and cost savings.. But you gain a lot of info and
insights..

Hang in there!!

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After a quick web search it looks like the winds in your area are often around 10 mph. I've had a lot of luck with the FireBirdII. It's electric so you can fly it at your nieghbourhood park (if it's large enough) and it's very crash resistant plus easy and quick to repair. it even comes with a spare wing for when you fly it into a tree/telephone pole/powerline/goal post. If you are patient enough (RTFM, watch the video, do the preflight tests) you can still be flying the day you buy it and probably avoid a major crash.
I didn't need an instructor and as long as the wind was under 5 mph I was fine. Although, if you want to do more than a short takeoff and immediate glide landing on your first few flights, then you really need a BIG field (600'x600' minimum, 2xfootball field). A double ball diamond just won't cut it. It's been a month now flying three times a week (with three batteries, so roughly 60-90 min flight time) and I am comfortable in 10 mph winds (at ground level, so probably up to 15 mph at altitude?) and going up to 500' altitude and gliding it home. I recently bought the SpeedWing upgrade and feel that with the battery upgrade I could handle 20 mph winds.
Call it $200 Canadian (tax in) for the plane, an extra battery and one replacement tail and you could be in business, learning the basics and building confidence. Granted it's not even remotely aerobatic without substantial mods, and even then you can't do much. But it beats waiting.

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

Build you a SPAD.
Plane will cost you probably 25-30 $$ with no radio or engine.
Find you a radio and engine on ebay and get it all together,Then go bang it around as much as you wish..I built BUHOR but it didn't flew well enough(my fault) .It was way underpowered .I know it now,after i learned a bit more about aerodynamics but i am still relatively new to this hobby.So i built me another spad...Next weeknd going for a maiden flight...
Back to spad though...It is really durable .I had about 7 crashes from anywhere 100-400 feet in the air before wing broke apart.4$ bottle of glue and two yardsticks for spars got me back on the field ...then lack of time,then another spad on the way...you get the message...

Good luck.

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Ive been to the clubs and such when i was younger.
I did buy a couple planes but all of them sucked.
And one the instuctor crashed.. lol.
Im hoping to go down to my local club (OCM) this weekend.
I hope my girfriend doens't stop me.:)

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Dont worry about the girlfriend, once you start flying..........

:)

RE: Sick of waiting....
 

whats the right weather. When I started, we flew in everything. Fog can be tough, but it was all fun. Don't do that any more. Now I am a fair weather flyer.