Anyone Fly RC Airplanes?

Tororider · Mar 30, 2014

Have always been interested in rc airplanes. With my boys now getting older and us moving someplace with room to fly. I figure I will look more into it. Just wondering if anyone else flies.

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Chooglin · Mar 30, 2014

I flew them for about 4 years at a local club.My father and I flew them together and I really enjoyed the time I spent with him.

It is quite nerve racking when you first learn,I would suggest finding someone who knows how to fly,to be present when you learn!!!

Tororider · Mar 30, 2014

Chooglin, what kind of planes did you fly? By making my own I am hoping to cut down on the costs of crashing which I know is inevitable.

Chooglin · Mar 30, 2014

I started out with a trainer and then moved up to a stunt plane.

This is the best rc simulator you can buy IMO,this is as close to the real thing as you can get.
I used this to practice on and it really helped me.
RealFlight RF7

Chooglin · Mar 30, 2014

this is the plane that I started out with !!!!
Note:this does not include the engine,servos or radio !!!

TowerHobbies.com | Great Planes Avistar Elite GP/EP ARF 62.5" w/$15GC

SPIKER · Mar 30, 2014

toro:

At one point i was into it pretty good & still have my equipment and the one plane I built. It is a fuel .40 eng and flew real well. It is high wing mid level 52" wing span balsa & plastikote construction built in 1989...

wow long time ago lol... Plane probably could still fly but has not been UP since 97 or 98.

Have all the dual controls for trainer setup with it but imagine all the batteries are shot and electronics might even be totally spent too?? Back then it cost 10x what it costs NOW for a similar setup & I walk by the 150 buck setups & think I spent more than that on the engine on mine...

Mark

Blade Breaker · Mar 30, 2014

Hi,
I have been flying rc planes for over 15 years. I would recommend going with an electric powered plane instead of glow powered. Here is a great practice plane. Got one of these for a friend of mine a while back and it has survived some rough flights. Just needs to be very calm outside.

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Chooglin · Mar 30, 2014

This one is a little more affordable $99 (It is the basic simulator)
You can crash these planes all day and it doesn't cost you a dime............lol

TowerHobbies.com | Great Planes RealFlight Basic Mode 2

npalen · Mar 30, 2014

Another choice would be a multi-rotor copter. (quadcopter, for example) The small ones can be flown indoors and very inexpensive starting out at about $20 on up. The lower price copters fly with infrared control where the larger ones are radio controlled. Do a google on "quadcopter". Notice I didn't use the word "drone" for fear of an uprising.

therealmjfox · Mar 30, 2014

Tororider said:
Chooglin, what kind of planes did you fly? By making my own I am hoping to cut down on the costs of crashing which I know is inevitable.

I dunno, you might hate seeing your building work broken just as much as your money.

Hobby stores sell beginner RC planes which are designed to be crashed. Make of a foam rubber like material and designed to come apart and be easily put back together after a crash. Maybe start your kids off on one of them?