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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: legoman on December 22, 2009, 02:41:53 PM
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I was looking around for a new R/C plane that was better than the trainer i have right now( the wildhawk) and found the Freewing F6F ARF, was a love at first sight and i asked my parents for it right away. Tell me what you think about it, here is a clip of the plane i will be buying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agqo58y16dI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agqo58y16dI) Sorry about the different language i couldn't do anything about that. :salute all
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why don't you get a after school job and buy it with your money.
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You should build it yourself out of legos.
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Here is another video about my wild hawk r/c plane. This time its in English!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2fNh08HNz4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2fNh08HNz4)
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THey have some really neat ones at Radio Shack.
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I would adivse against it. I have flown RC for 25 years, and been an instructor for about 15. Get a TRAINER. something along the lines of one of these
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LA1068**&P=1 (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LA1068**&P=1) Electric
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LA1104**&P=1 (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LA1104**&P=1) Nitro (Fuel)
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=608330 (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=608330) Nice decent (40) size electric trainer
Also, if in the US, you should join the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA)
http://www.modelaircraft.org/ (http://www.modelaircraft.org/)
Once you join, you should do a search on the AMA web site, and find a club local to you. Most clubs offer free training, which is definitely needed to fly safely. RC flying is much harder than it looks.
Any questions I will be glad to help you out as best I can.
Sol
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Stay away from Helis they are addictive and EXPENSIVE. But fun
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Dunno if I just got lucky, but my first one (Cessna 172 ARF from Hobby Lobby) jumped right off the ground and flew like a dream with some trim work without an instructor. I suppose it was just dumb luck. I had that one for a year until I sold it to a friend. No crashes, just careful flight in an open area. I never flew it when wind was more than a light breeze though. It's probably so stable that it'd be almost hard to crash without doing something REALLY stupid though. I did get some practice at Hobby Haven with their little simulator, but the sim was actually tougher to fly than the real thing.
I'd like another fixed-wing, but I got into the electric Heli's. They're great to fly around in the house, and WAY cheaper for parts. Main inner shaft for a Blade CX-2 is like 5-6 bucks.
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Depends on your heli. Parts for my Raptor 90 are quite a bit more than that heheh, but that is true of all RC.. some can be cheap, some expensive. I have a plane that cost me all of 150 bucks ready to fly (minus controller)... all the way to a twin turbine F/A-18 that I have over 10 grand in.... (got about 20 planes, 5 helis)
Same with helis... have a 99 dollar mCX i fly around inside.. up to a raptor 90 which ran into the thousands easily.
Sol
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I worked with my wildhawk since August and never got it off the ground for more than 5 secs, 2 weeks ago an overnight change saved the plane from the trash can, now i can keep it in the air for minutes at a time!!!! :airplane: :joystick:
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I have been flying since I was 20, Im 42 now. The biggest mistake a beginner makes is doing what you thinking of doing. Get a Trainer that has dihedral in the wings and talk to a flight instructor at your local flying field. If your intrested in gliders get a Poly-dihedral 2m bird.
KAM
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I fly in confined spaces and i have no trainers just my grandfather who suggested the wild hawk as the best trainer for the cheapest price, however he did not recommend the Hellcat, I went ahead and told my parents i wanted it and its in their bedroom closet just waiting for me to open it on Christmas(also says from Santa so go figure lol). Nothing i can do at this point except save up money for a new trainer and hope the hellcat doesn't break.
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Stay away from Helis they are addictive and EXPENSIVE. But fun
much harder too.
i fly a raptor 50, and a hirobo shuttle. :aok
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I have been flying since I was 20, Im 42 now. The biggest mistake a beginner makes is doing what you thinking of doing. Get a Trainer that has dihedral in the wings and talk to a flight instructor at your local flying field. If your intrested in gliders get a Poly-dihedral 2m bird.
KAM
world models t-34 is a nice 2nd plane.
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See this thread: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,276825.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,276825.0.html)