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08-08-2011, 05:18 PM | #1 |
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I am: Carl M
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New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
Hello everyone! This is my first post so please take it easy on me...lol. Just a little about myself, I am 34 and just getting back into RC flying after 18 years and WOW have things changed! I do have afew questions I would like to ask if that is ok? As far as I know RC flying is not that popular around here (Fredericton NB) so I am going to be re-learning the skill on my own.
I need to get an aircraft to learn on, a tough, easy to fly, 4ch. I have been thinking of getting a pusher as to save shafts and props...lol. These are the three I have been looking at, please feel free to pick them apart and tell me how you feel. Hobby King Bixter EPO 1400mm (Ready to Fly) ANX Floater - Jet w/servo and motor With this one I would have to get a RX/TX which is fine because I could use them in my next plane...Cosair! I would get the Turnigy 9x 9ch. Dynam Hawk Sky (ready to fly) I was leaning towards the Hawk Sky due to all the upgrades that can be done to them. However the ANX seem nice as well, plus I would have a nice RX/TX if I went for the ANX. Thank you for all your help! |
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08-08-2011, 05:27 PM | #2 |
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I am: Michel G
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
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Welcome to RCC and back to the hobby . WARNING For every question answered , you will ask 10 more questions . Just one rule ,......................... have fun Michel
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08-08-2011, 06:42 PM | #4 |
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I am: Michel G
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
Hi
Well the first thing , " NOT " to do is go to the LHS . Find a second hand trainer and a flight box . many sell there flight boxes complete here on RCC , almost everything is included . The next step is to find a club , this is where the , " GOLD " is , and usually there is a overwelming flow of information . And there is another choice . If you have lots and lots of money , go to the LHS , it,s a lot faster . But I gave up on my LHS , he was chargeing me 25 to 35 % more , for everything . But thats another story . Best thing you could do ,............................ is join a club , and start building youre own trainer ,but , buy the second hand one first . While youre learning back to fly . Youre also learning how to build and repair . This opens many doors .. Michel
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08-08-2011, 08:55 PM | #5 |
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I am: Larry
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
Well I know what's ahead of you to a degree. I've started flying again after roughly 35 years away from it. I wouldn't say I was great at it way back then & I flew mostly free flight planes converted to R/C such as the Buzzard Bombshell, home builts, and a few basic flat bottomed aircraft scratch built using plans in magazines. I took the safe route & built a 2 meter glider kit I still had on the shelf & added an electric power pod. Over last winter I built that, learned the basics of electric power, new radios, & bought several used foamies including one well crashed one just to learn repair methods. I tried flying it tonight but it's beyond my skill level still. It survived, but with minor damage after stalling on approach.
Anyway, I think it's fair to say the time I spent on a borrowed sim helped a lot, and a powered glider can be fun & forgiving, and they come in many styles with the prop up high enough to protect it. So far I haven't tried either of the trainers I bought but both have been test flown by people with many years of experience so I know they fly & will get to one real soon. I have however been flying a used Parkzone Corsair with decent results & I enjoy it, but it's not something that corrects my mistakes if I let go of the sticks. Re trainers I did a lot of research, asked a lot of people, plus relied on what I remembered & there are several ways to go both in foamies or balsa / ply. What I didn't realize was that we no longer need to build what we fly like when I was in the hobby so unless you enjoy building pick planes with readily available parts (popular locally). Watch the ads here & on Kijiji, or through any local club forum pages. Find a local club through the MAAC web site, and hope it reasonably close. If not where do you intend to fly? I have the luxury of flying behind my house, but the field isn't huge so I'm limited to how big I think I can land in the limited space before hitting fencing or trees.
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08-08-2011, 09:35 PM | #6 |
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I am: Todd M
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
http://www.frederictonmodelaircraftclub.com/
Local club for you. Well worth going to see the guys at the club and see what they can do to help you out. |
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08-09-2011, 03:11 AM | #7 |
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
Invest in a good radio before the plane, other wise its like putting the cart in front of the horse( new or used).
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08-09-2011, 08:24 AM | #8 |
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
I have flown the AXN Floater jet, and others similar to it which would include the bixler.
Personally, I find these planes a bit too fast for the beginner. They also have a tendency to pitch down when power is applied (especially in hand launch) because of the torsional moment the pod mounted motor applies. Power off, they glide pretty good, but still on the fast side for beginners. On a trainer scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the best and 1 is the worst, I would put these planes at around 5 for Joe average. If you are flying at a model club and have the help of an instructor, then these planes may rank a little higher. The only advantage they offer is they protect the prop in the event of a (mild) crash. I agree 100%. That is what I tell all the new students who join our club. A good radio makes a world of difference.
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08-09-2011, 08:47 AM | #9 |
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
I find if funny that you consider this a sport! I guess it could be considered that, possibly a RC combat fighter in our midst.
The foamy e-gliders are a cost effective way to get a lot of stick time in. They are repairable and spare parts are cheap! A couple other advantages are: you learn to fly the wing (not the engine/motor) and when you transition over to power planes, dead stick landings are preformed at a higher success rates (land w/o having to fix anything/much). The Radian/Radian Pro are a good choice for this. A young fellow here had a 1 hour flight about the tenth time he flew his. He had a great instuctor! |
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08-09-2011, 11:07 AM | #10 |
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I am: James Parnell
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Re: New to The Sport and Looking for Advice!
What Tree I see advice is not what your looking for, instead your challenging some of the best pilots out there,also you called this a sport we call it a hobby. Relax have fun and enjoy the people around you and fly as you can. When you are a competition pilot it would then become a sport you never asked where to sign up for the sport side of our hobby, enjoy whatever it is you are looking for, maybe we'll see you at a funfly some day. You need a 4 channel trainer and a 6 channel radio as well as a good instructor, or a parkflyer and teach yourself.
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