Need a plane
 

I need a plane that is a decent size park flyer. Its my first plane and i have a few acres conjoining to my neighbors 5 acres and i think itd be fun to fly it in my back - yard! Or take it to the park.

I fly helis so i think im skilled enough to fly an airplane ( i also have a sim i practice on ).

Any recommendations? Preferrable electric, assuming itd have to be electric anyways...

RE: Need a plane
 

You did not mention a budjet so I am going to recomend the Sig [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTLR1&P=7]Kadet EP[/link] 42b. I have one and it has plenty of power with 1320 mah 3 cell Lipos and the stock motor is just fine. I also use the inexpensive Hitec HS-55 servos in it. After you get used to it you will not need even as much space as you have to fly it. I have actually flown mine in my neighborhood to show my neighbors what I do when I pack my larger planes in the truck and head to the feild.

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Tower has dropped the price on their Diablo. This is a great airplane in the original configuration (It has some upgrades that a lot of people don't like, but the original is a great way to start)

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=LXSMM2**&P=ML

And if you already fly helis, you could probably handle one of these too:

http://www.parkflyers.com/html/decathalon_rc_plane.html

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Mr67Stang and MinnFlyer have started you off with a couple of terrific suggestions.

Other good fits for what you might be looking for include:

-Model Tech Fledgling II ARF with brushless outrunner and ESC
http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/123506.asp

-Parkzone brushless J3 Cub or brushless Decathlon
http://www.parkzone.com/Search/Defau...chTerm=PKZ_CUB
http://www.parkzone.com/Search/Defau...=pkz_decathlon

These are all high quality electric airplanes that you can use with your existing helicopter transmitters if you so desire. There is an even larger number of good RTF electric parkflyers available that come with a transmitter and receiver if you'd rather get a complete package.

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Multiplex MiniMag or Parkzone Trojan T 28 are a coupe of other suggestions but ene with Heli and Sim time I'd probably still get some help from an experienced pilot for your 1st couple of flights.
Problem is if you get a 3 channel to start if you're quite an experienced Heli pilot you'll get bored of it in no time although teh MiniMag can be set up as 3 channel to start and the easily swiched to 4 channel with ailerons when you're ready !

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Yeah, I bought the Diablo but have not yet flown it. I'm waiting for the weather to improve around here. I left it with the original configuratilon, although I do have the high performance wing and will be getting the dual power module one of these days ;) (personal joke).

It went together easy and quickly. It is fairly heavy for what it is, but it should fly ok with the original configuration. We will see. It's not an aerobatic type performer, by any stretch, in the original config, but with the mods (either a good in-runner brushless like a Park 370 or Park 400) it should do much better.

CGr.

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I've had fun in the backyard with the park Zone Typhoon2 3d
http://www.hobbyzone.com/rc_planes_p...FSiCkwodyySm5w

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for a first electric,,I'd go with a nice GWS pico stick for a parkflyer,,,I dont recognize any others as trainers,,get a few batt paks, then when you want to get a small brushless and go lipo,,thats how I got back into the hobby...flew it up the street at the school yard, it was a blast,,,I just started in helis myself with a clone trex 450...Rog

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Bill:

I have a Charger Flatout that I bought a couple of years ago that was partially built. It's one of those + shaped (looking at it from the front) fuselages. I spent some time on it, mainly in the evening, putting it together, but found that a couple of the parts were missing. I probably misplaced them in my back room and just lost track of them.

Anyway, I put it together and powered it with whatever I had on hand and am waiting for the weather to clear up so I can take it out and try it. I plan on using it as a simple slow flying RC foam flat-out back-yard or parking lot type plane to do basic stuff and just enjoy flying. I will see how this thing works out as a trainer type airframe after the things I fabricated to replace the original lost components, and after I added some strengthening to the fuselage around the motor mount area. But, at first check the CG was slightly aft, which I don't like at all, and hate to add weight to this thing. It was first designed for a BL outrunner type motor and that's what I am using. But, there doesn't seem to be enough weight up front.

We will see.

CGr.

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Morning CG. I need a plane also. I have 3 big Irish Setters and I left the door open to my truck with my Not-for-sale in the back seat. Yup, you guessed it. One of them 100#s jumped in the truck right on top of my now defunked plane. Whannna Irish Setter?