RC Flying

[The Logitician]

Hi,

Am looking into the RC flying world. Want to get some sort of starter a/c, seen plenty on the web but after advice from the guys who are already in the know!

I guess i'm after a high wing a/c, or if i could would love an electric airbrush? jet. Don't want to spend the world, but something that i will be able to have a lot of fun with.

Cheers!

 

[The Logitician]

Hi,

Am looking into the RC flying world. Want to get some sort of starter a/c, seen plenty on the web but after advice from the guys who are already in the know!

I guess i'm after a high wing a/c, or if i could would love an electric airbrush? jet. Don't want to spend the world, but something that i will be able to have a lot of fun with.

Cheers!

Just putting it back out there, sill wanting to geek my life up!

 

[november-whiskey]

I was at a cadet camp a few years ago and they put on a model a/c airshow. I promptly went out when I got home and bought this one... http://www.emmodels.co.uk/electrafun-xp2-rtf-model-aeroplane---complete-764-p.asp

It's quite good, the prop sits high enough that there's no chance of a prop-strike when you land, although I wouldn't advise trying a stall turn, the wings bend in ways they're not meant too DT_Xtremez_09:

 

[Rigga]

I'm into electric helicopters...
So try this one off the same site as above


http://www.emmodels.co.uk/nine-eagles-solo-pro-rc-micro-heli-956-p.asp


Cheap - and an easy starter.

 

[The Logitician]

Thats great, thanks, i'll give the site a go.DT_Xtremez_14:

 

[Weebl]

Into Helicopters myself as well.

For a beginner, single rotor indoor type thing I would recommend an E-Flite mSR. You can get it ready to fly with a crappy transmitter. If you are going to get into it seriously though, I would recommend a Spektrum DX6i transmitter. It runs on the new ish 2.4 band system which does not have the old interference problems of old, and has 10 model memories and enough settings to satisfy most electric heli needs.

Then you need a simulator. Phoenix is pretty much considered the daddy and while it is expensive, you save that in buying spares after 1 decent crash.

Moving up to decent outdoor Helicopters then a Trex 450 or clone of is hard to beat for money/enjoyment ratio.

I get my bigger heli stuff from Concept Copters, if anybody is going to buy anything from there, let me know before making an account and I will refer you and we both then get a fiver off. Every fiver counts, RC Helicopters are expensive toys