RC Airplanes for youths

[Kaw1000]

heres the twinstar flying at night...I rigged up some led lights, its a blast at night..just gotta be careful!!

[LePaul]

I went to the local hobby shop the locals said was "Mecca" for R/C

Wow.  Not only a ton of airplanes, but helicopters, cars and more servos and accessories than I could beleive.

(Bought 4 Futaba Servos for R2-D2...need to get the body panels to open/close)

We're looking at the Great Planes offerings.  The glow/gas way to go sounds excellent (for me).  We'll pick up a smaller electric for the soon-to-be-10 year old.  If he likes it and even stays interested, he can move up from there.

They had the RC software (complete with RC type type controller) running.  I flew a virtual P-51 around alright...but I sure parked a few F-86 ducted fans and turbines into the wilderness!  Boy its hard to tell your flight profile when you blare away at Mach 3!

So I'm pretty excited about this.  Come payday, Airplane Numero one comes home!

[Kaw1000]

Lepaul...You will get so addicted to this sport....I am always building on something....Everything I buy is arf....it still takes a while to build them..but I'm not talented
enough to build one from scratch....Have fun...one thing I do is get on r/c groups..type in the plane you are looking to buy and read reviews...its a great help!
also guys do all kinds of mods to make the plane better...sometimes its just little things that make a big difference!! <S>

[Bosco123]

check this site out.
http://www.hobbico.com/airplanes/hcaa2020.html

this is a VERY good and versitile trainer plane. just make sure you get him on a buddy box to start though. it was the first plane i flew.....when i got bored with it, i threw a OS .46FX in it......made it a whole different plane.
 now after 6 years, i have 10 planes ranging from a small electric F4u(alpha models) to a 80" 1.5 four stroke powered P51D.... three helicopters, two traxxas t-maxx's and an e-maxx. this isn't a hobby...it's an addiction...but a very good one. he's the perfect age to learn them too......have fun!!!!!!!

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You hit it right on the money CAP. IMHO that is the best trainer around, Nitro or eletric. I must tell you NEVER get the Hobbico Nextstar; they will be a waste of your time and money. When I started I had a homebuildt plane that was made with no: plans kits or wood. Flew fine until I pulled it inverted 5ft off the gound.

oh yea and just another thing, see if the club has its own trainer on standby, or a clubtrainer. That way if he dosen't like it, it won't be a waste of time and money. <S>

[Bosco123]

oh yea, if you guys want to know what I fly:
Fiat G.55 86in. wingspan

My pretty Hellcat 96in. wingspan


P40(not mine) and a Spit(mine) both 92in. wingsapn

[GuyNoir]

That thing rules!

Yeah, it's pretty awesome since you can throw it in the car, pull up, wrap some rubber bands around the wings and battery and be up in minutes.  Our big, gas-powered plane is definitely fun too, but it's a pretty big PITA and is much, much more stressful with 400 bucks flying around up there.  $35 is pretty hard to cry over...

No matter which way you go, LePaul, you're getting into a heck of a hobby... 


A few more pics:

the birds were actually chasing/flying around with the plane...


had to dive outta the way right after this


was it a great day for flying or what?:

[Kaw1000]

Sweet  Bosco123   Very nice birds there!!!   
 

[Kaw1000]

Ok here's some more of my Birds......I think I went alittle over board..lol...dang this sport is is going to break me

Ihave not flown this yet...you have to bungie launch it...it should go around 110 mph


This one is called a honda bizz jet....it is big for an electric I'm still working on this one!!


This P-51 is a Miss America...It flys great! it has retracts!!


This is a V-Diamond it is pretty fast around 70mph


These are Strykers...they go about 50 to 60 mph...alot of fun to fly!


This is a Aspera...I crashed 3 of these. it is a 3d type plane, it flops all over the sky goes around 70 mph!!

I have a few more along, with a few cx2 Helis.... Helis are very hard to fly I gave up on the big ones..the cx2's are
easy to fly.....I modify all my Birds with larger motors and different lipo batterys! Its a Blast!!

[LePaul]

Yes....this sport seems like a ton of fun.

Man just keeping an eye on the airplanes profile, so you steer it back at you takes some real grace!

Our field has a few hawks that have been known to attack RC planes.  They usually LIKE the planes in the air as it makes the rabbits stop and look, making their hunting easier.  But I know of 3 planes that have augered in from a hawk grabbing a wing.

[Kaw1000]

The Birds come every once in a while when I fly that Black Twinstar....I think because its big and black.
Awhile ago I started to chase them, it was too much fun...I came close to hitting a few.

[Bosco123]

Sweet  Bosco123   Very nice birds there!!!   
 

Thanks. Pretty much my pride and joy.

[CAP1]

oh yea, if you guys want to know what I fly:
Fiat G.55 86in. wingspan
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My pretty Hellcat 96in. wingspan
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P40(not mine) and a Spit(mine) both 92in. wingsapn
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ok..i'm jealous.........they're nicer than my pony..i have a p40 in the works though....have a nice extra300 though.....and of course my pride and joy......my raptor 50.....ooo...and can't forget.......my icepoint.....friggin thing's almost 8ft long
i'll try to get them assembled for pics.....

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[eskimo2]

Bosco123,

Those are just jaw-dropping stunning.  Nice birds.

[Kaw1000]

Bosco123 one day when I become a better flyer I will have those show birds like you have...
I still get the heebbie jeebbies when I fly any of my birds!

[sluggish]

No flying lawn mowers?