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RE: best for begginers
ORIGINAL: oldtyme lossimon, I will probably take heat for this but I'm going to give you some good advice. Even though there are many knowledgeable people on here there are also those who you don't know what their experience level or knowledge base is. You will get a lot of good info here once you are established though. OK..........here goes..........go to a local hobby shop and find out where your local club is.........DON'T BUY ANYTHING!!!!! Contact the local club and get hooked up with one of their instructors...........also join the AMA because you will have to in the near term anyway. Once you have an instructor, he or she will be able to advise you on what equipment to invest in. This is a good way to go because the instructor will steer you to what he or she is familiar and comfrotable with. Don't even mention the word scale until you are completely over your training period........scale planes are a whole different animal. Once your instructor and you buy what equipment you need you will be able to agree on a training program that is convenient for both of you. If you are able to fly a couple of times a week.......soloing should not take an excessively long amount of time but plan on a good 6 months to really get proficient at flying and then you can start thinking about a second plane. Just remember a local club and instructor are tantamount to success.........do you self a favor and follow this plan and you won't be sorry. Cheers, Andy Good Post Andy, well said. Pete |
RE: best for begginers
ORIGINAL: combatpigg The planes look good but they should hire at at least a 10 year old child with a ''C'' average in English to write their instruction booklet for them. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...eOberst/24.gif That is so true. Funny, but not funny. Pete |
RE: best for begginers
Lossimon,
I took a look at that Wild Hawk... Is this the same one? http://www.********.com/airplanes/wi...lane-about.htm The plane is 3 channel, so it would be easy to fly...with no ailerons you dont have to worry about the roll axis. These planes typically will self right themselves and all you have to worry about is pitch and yaw to control the airplane. Generally, you increase throttle to climb, and decrease throttle to descend. The downside...I wouldnt be crazy about the throttle setup on the transmitter. I generaly dont like the three channel transmitters that use a slide for the throttle in place of a typical left stick. This doesnt give you the opportunity to build the instincts that you need, and the transition to a typical transmitter when you get a larger plane could be more challenging. With the transmitter having no left stick, it also places the yaw axis on the right stick, which will be on the left stick with most other planes. One other question to look at, how easy is it to get replacement parts. Check with your local hobby shop to see if they carry this aircraft. If they dont, they probably wont carry parts for it. While you can probably get them off the web, you typically dont want to wait two weeks or more for a 10.00 wing.... That would be my largest concerns with the Wild Hawk...it would get you flying, and you could start learning on it for sure...but there are a few better foamy electric trainers out there for not too much more than 80 bucks.... Good luck! TonyG |
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Lossimon,
Here is a version that I learned to fly on...I keep recommending it, but its because I havent flown every electric on the market....Hobbyzone makes this mini super cub and a larger super cub. They both fly very well with little to no wind. Ground take offs are no sweat, and they will fly around 8 to 10 minutes on one charge. I bought several battery packs for mine, and had alot of fun with it. As I said earlier, I still break it out every now and then. I moved straight from this plane to a Hangar 9 Alpha Nitro trainer. I believe the electric super cub made my transition much easier as it is already a high wing aircraft with a twin stick transmitter. I apologize if I seem a little biased towards it, but it served me very well. You can get the mini super cub for 99.00 ready to fly. Just charge the batteries and install the landing gear. A new wing for this one at my local hobby shop is 10.00, and a whole new fuselage is 40.00. New landing gear is around 5.00...and most Hobbytowns carry this aircraft as well as replacement parts in stock. I dont know if you have a Hobbytown around, but check with your local hobby shop and see what they have in stock. [link]http://secure.hobbyzone.com/catalog/HZ/index/index_park_flyers_rtf/HBZ4800.html[/link] Also, if you can swing 180.00...Hobbyzone makes a Super Cub LP that has optional floats...when you get proficient with it the floats will provide you with a new challenge if you have any water around... Good Luck! TonyG |
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One more thing...
If you want an example of what you can move up to with electrics...below is a link to what I think is one of the best looking foam electrics on the market..and at a great price... [link]http://www.bananahobby.com/1915.html[/link] TonyG |
RE: best for begginers
Sounds like a plan James and thats great. I usually suggest to folks when using simulators that they are used concurrently with their flight training and not to just only fly the sim untill some skill level is reached. The sim as a learning tool is most effective when used as an adjunct to the flight training and a very good tool.
In many parts of the country flying now as we continue into winter becomes difficult or impossible but you are fortunate in Palmdale as I since we can fly pretty much all year. So there is no need to delay your flying unless you need to save up the money happy flying James John |
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Great, Tony! http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../thumbs_up.gif You help me a lot! Thanks very much...
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