Serious Remote Control Planes

[XtrmeJ]

hehe the voice in the B25 would make a good sound file for AH. Reffering to the "ohh ohh, the goes an engine! Ohh there she goes". but I do see what you mean.  Looks very difficult to fly one if one eng goes out.

[Pfunk]

Morris Hobbies sells some great ARF's that no other company makes including a P-38 ARF, A-26 ARF, and are currently developing a P-61 Black Widow ARF

[XtrmeJ]

The P38 is worth looking into! Can you post a link, id like to look at price ranges ect. I found a pretty big P38 that is about the size of that B25 in that crash, perhaps  bigger

[snake339]

i wish you could put BBB guns in it you know like a air gun in the RC and hunt birds with it

rc air combat

[Arlo]

The old fashioned way of just trying to cut the streamer on the other planes sure seems simpler.

[capt. apathy]

I like the idea of gutting one of those battery powered air-soft full-auto's and mounting it in a plane.  (now to design an itty-bitty interupter gear)

[Golfer]

Originally posted by capt. apathy
I like the idea of gutting one of those battery powered air-soft full-auto's and mounting it in a plane.  (now to design an itty-bitty interupter gear)

Problem solved, mount TWO of them, one on each wing.  simplify the design process

[Pfunk]

Originally posted by XtrmeJ
The P38 is worth looking into! Can you post a link, id like to look at price ranges ect. I found a pretty big P38 that is about the size of that B25 in that crash, perhaps  bigger

http://www.morrishobbies.com


The ARF is $799.99 ad another $200-$400 for good engines, minimum 6 channel radio $250, high torque servos at $100 a pop etc etc even that ARF is gonna run you into nearly a 2K investment

[Torque]

Wicked:aok

[XtrmeJ]

RC Combat

Yah those are pretty wicked for the beginners. I'd by one for a lil fun. The ZAGI'S that tarmac posted are pretty cool too, instead of firing bb's or sound waves you have to ram each other, virtually indestructable aircraft tho. But I still will have my RC P38!

ZAGI

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by XtrmeJ
RC Combat

Yah those are pretty wicked for the beginners. I'd by one for a lil fun. The ZAGI'S that tarmac posted are pretty cool too, instead of firing bb's or sound waves you have to ram each other, virtually indestructable aircraft tho. But I still will have my RC P38!

ZAGI

How much RC experience do you have, XJ?  You own any equipment, or are you a noob?

[SunTracker]

My gramps built r/c show planes for competitions.  Had some really neat ones.  Mostly warbirds.

[XtrmeJ]

Tarmac a noob. Only have flown some of my friends single engine planes. It does take some skill but after a while gets easier. Crashed a bud's single engine starter plane tho. Skattered remains still reside in the dirt of the park

[Tarmac]

Get a trainer.  Get a trainer.  Get a trainer.  

As in a trainer plane.  And a trainer person to teach you to fly.  

Historical planes are fine once you've got some experience.  Same with aerobatic planes.  But you need to know how to takeoff and land every time, and learn to orient a plane that you're not in.  It's totally different from real planes and video games where you're in cockpit.  

Plus, you don't know how much you'll really fly.  Buy a trainer and radio and you'll have $600 or so invested - a lot less than all the other stuff in this thread.  You can use a lot of your gear with your next plane.  If you stick with it, great.  If not, you're out relatively little.  If you crash, you're out relatively little.  An aerobat or warbird can come later, if you really enjoy it.  

Also, I'd recommend going with electric motors.  Much nicer than glow fuel.  I never fly my glow fuel trainer anymore -- it's too much of a pain in the bellybutton to get it started and keep it running.

[newtype]

Those bombers are really cool but those jets are awsome.