R/C hellcat

[Rich46yo]

Terrific thread. Keep the pics coming.

One day maybe I'd love to get into this.

[Sol75]

There's nothing i can do about it now, i don't have enough money to buy anything good, unless you want me to use  air hogs planes? 

I would set the hellcat aside and save up for something easier to fly.
Something like this would probably be ok for you, since you dont seem interested in getting an instructor
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/hobbyzone_super_cub_lp_85730_prd1.htm

[legoman]

its a very expensive hobby but if everything works out its also a fun one. with the other post these planes are all good but i just can't afford them, i barely have enough for the p40 i want but now i understand that would make things worse because its no different then the hellcat except no rudder

[Bosco123]

There's nothing i can do about it now, i don't have enough money to buy anything good, unless you want me to use  air hogs planes? 

You going to crash then, simple as that, it's way above your skill level, and your going to have a bad experience flying. Apologies, but that is the truth.

Terrific thread. Keep the pics coming.

One day maybe I'd love to get into this.

Here you Rich, here's some pics, and this is a refrence to legoman, I've been doing this for 8 years, I know what I'm talking about.

92'' Seafury


My old 101'' Do-335, that I traded...

For this:
101'' Bf-109


This is an old Me-163 Komet that we had an sold, 94''

This is my 88'' Fiat G.55 that I had, and crashed a couple months ago:

Here is my pride, a 96'' F6F:

And We built the P-40, but under contract, for the 92'' Spitfire:


I kinda have a clue what I am talking about.
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[Sol75]

Same here as with those pics Bosco posted I can repost mine...


 F/A-18 Turbine powered, top speed is in the 200mph+ range


46% scale (nearly 1/2 size of real plane) witha big arse engine, 170cc 4 cylinder horizontally opposed

I have approx 27 years in the hobby, so I too know of what I speak.  And as Bosco said.  Fly the hellcat=crash multiple times.  By getting it up and crashing a minute later, you are doing yourself no good, as that gives you no good stick time to really learn to fly.  You will be fighting the plane rather than flying the plane.  Take our advice, set the Hellcat aside, save up to get  a trainer type plane, such as the ready-to-fly plane I  posted above.  If you do this you will get many many years of enjoyment out of the hobby.  If you do not you will keep pouring bucks into something you will never get the hang of. 

DONT GET THE P-40! Put that money aside, and save up enough to get the trainer.  Dunno how old you are but you sound young.  Mow some lawns, shovel some snow... I know the p40 you talk of, and it is roughly a hundred bucks.  Wont take long to save an additional 50-60 doing a few lawns/snow shovels, then you can get the appropriate plane.  Once you have learned to fly, the hellcat will be there waiting for you to pick up.

Sol

[gpwurzel]

2aDoc, top banana, didn't know about that site, many many thanks fella.


Furiously downloading lol.....




Wurzel

[CAP1]

these are the only ones i've uploaded pics of.

[Sol75]

2aDoc, top banana, didn't know about that site, many many thanks fella.


Furiously downloading lol.....




Wurzel

Realflight is great, I just got V5.  I use it to keep my skills sharp during the winter months, and to practice new crap with helis lol.  Taught myself to fly 3d helis with the sim....

HIGHLY recommended.

[Sol75]

Bosco:
What did you use for the bare metal finish on your sea fury?  I am getting to the finishing stage on my 38 and am looking for a NICE Bare Metal finish to do.  27 years of RC and this is only my 3rd warbird lol... mainly have done scale aerobatics, pattern, jets, and helis...

[gpwurzel]

Actually chaps, your not helping by posting these pictures, you do know how hard drool is to get off keyboards right???? 


Some beautiful planes here, absolutely gorgeous (and yes, I'm jealous, and retain the right to be further jealous should anyone post any more ner  )

Wurzel

[Bosco123]

Bosco:
What did you use for the bare metal finish on your sea fury?  I am getting to the finishing stage on my 38 and am looking for a NICE Bare Metal finish to do.  27 years of RC and this is only my 3rd warbird lol... mainly have done scale aerobatics, pattern, jets, and helis...

Air conditioning tape, you can find it in any Home Depot or Lowes
It took us about a roll and a half.

You can try Flite Metal, it's a company that R/C guys use. It's expensive though. Your choice, the lighter more expensive flight metal, or the cheap air conditioning tape, that is heavier. I'm not sure how much heavier it is, but I think it added about 3lbs to the airplane.

[legoman]

Good news i found my wildhawk and was able to put it back together!! i'll have a picture shortly.

[legoman]

this is both my planes side by side.   This is my wild hawk top view, the electronics have been striped out. This is the underbelly of the wildhawk, notice i painted the german cross on each wingtip. ( i know i did a poor job of painting.)

[PFactorDave]

If someone was to start with this hobby, what would you gents recommend?

I've always toyed with the idea of building a RC P38 but I realize I'll need something to start off in, to get my feet wet.

Del,

I recommend either the Carl Goldberg Eagle 2 http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/airplanes/gbga0056.html or the Sig Kadet LT40 http://www.sigmfg.com/IndexText/SIGRC67.html

Both kits are pretty easy builds (I am old school enough to believe that it is important to actually build your first plane, you learn a lot about the hobby from the construction)...  They are both a good size, small enough to transport fairly easily but large enough to handle well and be easy to see from a distance.

Both are excellent trainers.  My 14 year old daughter is learning on a Kadet LT40 that I own, while she is building something a little sexier for her second plane.

If you decide to get into the hobby, feel free to PM me at any time with any questions you have.  I may not be much of an AH pilot, but I've been flying RC for more then 20 years and consider myself to be an expert at it!  

[Sol75]

Why are the electronics stripped out of the wildhawk? that looks like a much better trainer type plane than the hellcat.  My advice, put the eelectronics back in the wildhawk, learn to fly with that, then pick up the hellcat.