I want to find a Ready to trim Corsair or Hellcat. I would like to find someone that will sell a new one RTT or one that is slightly used in perfect condition. I dont need engine or servos. I want to install my own. I have looked on RCCA website and found PICA but they are all wood and thus probably less durable. I was kinda looking for one with the foam ingredient too. I would just like to skip the building process for now. I dont mind paying a bit more for the service, my time with family and time actually flying (instead of building) is worth it.

You guys that have some experience please advise. Thanks.

Combat takes it's toll on airplanes. I average more than a meet a month, and also average loosing at least one plane per meet. Last year I destroyed 4 Spitfires, a Typhoon, and a P-51...all to mid-airs. The thrill of putting you're ships in harms way is a rush that is second to none, but you will need some deep pockets to keep a RTT fleet going. My suggestion to you would be to go with the JKA airotech foam kits...yep you've got to build it, but they take one hell of a beating. One other suggestion I would have is to get into open class combat. The planes are cheap and build quick and fly better, not to mention that open class combat meets outnumber scale meets and growing! My open class planes cost less than $5 to build, and take about 2 hours to build them from scratch...and that makes it awfull hard to build more scale ships!

i have 2 cutting edge battle floyds and am pretty new to the whole thing. I want to plan my fleet around the assumption that i am going to fly combat. however i live in NC and there isnt many combatants here. I want my next plane to be a scale bird. you make very good points and it seems to be the 100% consensus. I was hoping for a way around this at least to start. I am not a great builder but i know i will get better at just by being around the hobby. I understand that when i get fully into the combat arena i have to have a large quantity of planes and i will probably fly open because of the issues you mentioned.

Does my reasoning make sense? I am impatient and have a nice brand new OS25 that i just bought from one of the guys that post on this site!! I am ready and i am willing to spend a bit more up front just to get my feet wet.

I am considering buying several kits (open) when i feel i can fly in combat and find the time and an event to get in. till then... i am still cutting my teeth. Thanks tattoo. I know you are a respected member here and at RCCA and i do respect your opinion. Please give me any other alternatives you can.

thank you.

You're reasoning sounds perfectly sound to me! You mentioned alternitives, and one alternitive is the whole idea behind Spad.
http://www.spadtothebone.com
It all started because I didn't have the time to build, or the money to keep replacing balsa/foam combat planes!

Ask this same question for scale planes on the RCCA forum, and see if those guys can set you up!

If you haven't already built your battle floyds, i suggest you use a HARD balsa spar, or pref a piece of yardstick for the spar. I built mine thinking i would use a 15, ended up using a BB 25 and the balsa spars cracked. The BF flys great but is not particularly tough, i would suggest adding some strapping tape to the wing at the LE and spar, also some reinforcement to the fuse.

rodman
Go to spad site download some plans like SNS or the das plas stick.They both build easy and fly well.get enough stuff to build a couple one for you and one for a friend.get some streamers and have some combat,others will get interested.I did this in my club and it worked for me
coro kid