Quote:
Originally Posted by lawn psycho
Can someone recommend a decent first plane and radio for a newbie? Something to get your feet with without a huge investment.
I see you can buy kits. I want something 99% ready to fly out of the box.
|
Jmen24 has some good advice in this thread and is probably much more advanced than me. I'd also recommend starting with a good simulator, which will save you a lot of money from unnecessary crashes. It's also good to be able to test out different models and get a feel for what you are looking for. This is what I used:
http://www.realflight.com/new/index.html. After a month or so getting comfortable with a simulator you can move on to the real thing.
When I first started, I bought a plane over my head. It was a bottom wing gas plane (P51 Mustang). After that I switched to electric, which I found much more user friendly. I bought an eflite apprentice:
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=EFL2725
It comes ready to fly and almost fully assembled. Also, it's made out of foam and is very fixable. My plane is now covered in duct tape and still flys great. It's a top wing, flys very slow, lands gently and is still capable of doing barrel rolls and loops. The plane has ailerons unlike most beginner planes and it also comes with a pretty decent radio. After flying it for awhile, I added some custom floats. I have since upgraded to another plane, but I still pull this plane out often.