Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

Hi everybody,

I just bought a Parkzone Fokke-Wulf 190 on Ebay, for $130 shipping included. My questions:

1. I don't know if that is a good deal (item has "light dings on Wing", but should be "unused"). Seller has a good reputation, Hobbydeals.
2. I have NO experience myself with this bird, nor any of my friends has flewn a 3CH. All I've flown so far is a .....ahumm an Airhogs Biplane. I read the Fokke is a quite aggressive plane and NOT appropriated for beginners without instructor. Is there any way to learn it without crashing the plane (and the bucks) after 5 seconds?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Kris

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

Not a good choice to learn with. This as most likely been said a million times find a local club and get some help.

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

No experience with the "breed" itself, but with a 36" wingspan on a model that weighs a pound and a half you should be able to get away with murder; as the saying goes. Hand launch with 3/4 throttle (to get speed without the full torque) and you should be able to get in some flights.

Problem is if you move to a heavier balsa and glow-fuel model you'll have to unlearn any bad habits the foamie helped you develop. If you can fly it precise and not just fly it you're on the right track.

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

Hi there,

Don't worry. The 190 is a cute plane to fly. No vices. But the prolem you may encounter is "Controls reversed when the plane is coming toward you" and here is the most comprehensive answer that I have ever heard until now and comes from MinnFlyer.

"There are three techniques that most people use to get used to it. After a while, it sort of becomes second nature, but until that time, try these.

Now let me preface this by saying that there are probably MORE than these three, but these are the three that MOST people find helpful. Also, all three are very different. ONE may be right for you, but probably not more than one. So try all three and see which one YOU like the best.

The first is to imagine yourself in the cockpit - Not too many people use this method, and frankly I can't do it. But the few people who CAN do it like it best.

Next, (This is how I was taught) is to turn your back to the plane and look over your shoulder at it so that your body is facing the same way the plane is.

And the third is - as you face the plane, point the aileron stick toward the low side of the wing (or in other words, toward the side of the wing you want to raise) "


Hey keep the faith and have nice flights
Cheers
Johnnie

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

The best thing is to fly left to right or right to left, keeping the turns nice and smooth so that all you really have to do is point the transmitter antenna in the direction of flight and move the stick accordingly. Is this a radio with the turn channel on the left stick or right stick (aileron = turn channel), or in your case, the rudder. Four channel Mode 2 has aileron and elevator on the right, rudder and throttle on the left.

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

Thanks very much, folks!

All suggestions look very helpful, and I 'm convinced your input is really really important to me... Johnnie's three ways rule looks great. I feel confident to take control of the plane with an instructor at my side, an I'll see if there's some club around (Philly area).

It might sound exagerated but my experience with the airhogs was the reason to give it a go and try to make a hobby out of this...I'll be extremely careful for my maiden flight, if I can make a (W)right flight for 20 yards or so I'll be happy, but first I'll look for the instructors. hope to join the pro's (you guys) and earn my wings one day....Cheers!

Kris

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

PS: To thank everybody, I would like to share with you this incredible Video. It makes me even more enthusiast about this new hobby.

http://video.google.fr/videoplay?doc...=goog-sl&hl=fr

Anybody got a similar experience?

Cheers,
Kris

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

Here are some clubs in your general area
http://www.modelaircraft.org/ClubZip...x?z=19093&d=25

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

kvhaesen,

In RC Groups, VRFlyer started a thread "Do you know how people will fly r/c planes in the future?" on how he made up the VR system, and there has been some interesting discussion - 17 pages worth. There's several more video's in his thread.

Hogflyer

RE: Wrong choice? Bought 3CH, but no experience...
 

IMHO they can keep the VR flying all to themselves. I fly RC because I want to see what the plane is doing. If I want to see what it looks like from inside of the plane then I will get a full scale pilots license and fly that way.

Just my 2¢ worth

Ken