landing wheels
02-19-2006 | 09:56 PM
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landing wheels
Hello, I am new to airplane hobbies. I always had a love for planes since my dad was in the air force. I am thinking about getting into the eletric jets and the warbirds. I was wondering do they make any jet or warbird with land gear that comes down and goes back up a ta touch of a button. From what i have seen that only applies to gas or jet turbine planes. I am also wondering what would be a good beginner plane that is in the jet or the war bird format. Thanks Derrick
02-19-2006 | 11:51 PM
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RE: landing wheels
Derrick,
I fly jets (IC DF and turbines) and have no experience in EDF, but can answer your question nevertheless.
If one is new to the hobby, it is advisable to get a dedicated trainer, be it electric or glow. Obviously, if you're interested in getting into EDF, it makes more sense for you to get an electric trainer, as you can pick up equipment that will be interchangable in planes to come. It is not possible to start on an EDF jet, unless it is a very tame jet (perhaps an A-10), but even so, will not provide you with the proper grounding that a proper trainer will. Furthermore, in EDF's, when you start talking planes that can take retracts, its usually the 90mm twin fans and up, so there the price will also increase.
Also, a lot of kits require the addition of retracts and aren't standard. The understanding of structure and materials that one has when beginning is minimal, and makes fixing (yes, because you will break the retract mounts) and building these jets out of reach to a newbee.
Hence my advice (although probably not what you want to hear) is buy a trainer (decent size, dedicated) and then a low wing sport model with retracts. From there you can move onto what you want, bearing in mind of course your skill level as you see it at that point.
Regards,
Richard
I fly jets (IC DF and turbines) and have no experience in EDF, but can answer your question nevertheless.
If one is new to the hobby, it is advisable to get a dedicated trainer, be it electric or glow. Obviously, if you're interested in getting into EDF, it makes more sense for you to get an electric trainer, as you can pick up equipment that will be interchangable in planes to come. It is not possible to start on an EDF jet, unless it is a very tame jet (perhaps an A-10), but even so, will not provide you with the proper grounding that a proper trainer will. Furthermore, in EDF's, when you start talking planes that can take retracts, its usually the 90mm twin fans and up, so there the price will also increase.
Also, a lot of kits require the addition of retracts and aren't standard. The understanding of structure and materials that one has when beginning is minimal, and makes fixing (yes, because you will break the retract mounts) and building these jets out of reach to a newbee.
Hence my advice (although probably not what you want to hear) is buy a trainer (decent size, dedicated) and then a low wing sport model with retracts. From there you can move onto what you want, bearing in mind of course your skill level as you see it at that point.
Regards,
Richard
02-20-2006 | 02:44 PM
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RE: landing wheels
A couple of questions for you, to help you.
Do you have any people flying RC models near you ?
Would you travel to a club flying field for them to teach you to fly ?
If you can answer yes to either question, you will definately learn to fly with out NEEDLESSLY crashing your planes. [sm=thumbup.gif]
Do you have any people flying RC models near you ?
Would you travel to a club flying field for them to teach you to fly ?
If you can answer yes to either question, you will definately learn to fly with out NEEDLESSLY crashing your planes. [sm=thumbup.gif]
